President Andrzej Duda announced that he put on his hand present Marshal of the Sejm draft amendment to the Constitution. It concerns the evidence of arms and army spending. – Correction writes 4% of GDP as a mandatory threshold for defence spending," said the president at a press conference after gathering with Simon Holovnia.
– The aim is to guarantee that safety is strengthened – he explained, arguing for the application.
The president is making an amendment to the Constitution. Concerning defence
– I am pleased that a debate is being held at this hard point, from a safety point of view, during which the Prime Minister will present the position of the Government on the global situation," said the President, referring to Tusk's speech in the plenary.
Duda pointed to good cooperation with the government, constant talks and constant contact. – We care about Polish matters – stressed the president and stressed the importance of maintaining a sense of unity in the face of external threats.
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– I have this interior feeling we're working together. The Prime Minister is moving in European spaces, I am moving in Euro-Atlantic spaces. I've been to the U.S. twice recently, yesterday I was in Brussels.. We are talking, we are in constant contact and in consultation with our allies," stressed the President.
Duda estimated that "this is an highly crucial message with which it has been going from the very beginning, since Russia full attacked Ukraine". – Namely, that we request absolute unity in Poland in matters of security, fortunately it is maintained all the time – he said.
President: The most crucial thing is that peace in Ukraine is sustainable and stable
– I express my satisfaction about that. She besides showed it last National safety Councilthat we are calmly talking about these issues, that these talks are always constructive and everyone is serious about it," added the President.
– What matters to us is, to make peace in Ukraine sustainable and stable. And that means Russia doesn't assault anyone else. We must have strong guarantees and we must make strong guarantees for ourselves – the president continued.
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It was years ago erstwhile the Polish army was dismantled. This was closed in 2015 and I hope that Poland will never return to this again," he added. Duda added that he hoped for political consensus on his proposal.
Currently, Poland spends little than 5% of GDP for this purpose. The adoption of the amendment requires a majority of 2/3 in the Sejm. The president's gathering with the marshal took place just before Donald Tusk spoke in the plenary room.
War in Ukraine. Meetings in European leaders on the global situation
An extraordinary EU summit was held in Brussels on Thursday President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski. The EU Heads of State and Government have given the green light to the alignment plan presented by the EC Head Ursula von der Leyen. However, Hungary did not agree to adopt conclusions on further assistance to Ukraine. Entries were accepted by 26 another countries. The EU origin confirmed that 26 countries had decided before the summit that in this case they would accept the entries without Hungary's approval, among them "26".
On Sunday, informal summit in London on the war in Ukraine and safety and defence issues involving respective European leaders. Prime Minister Tusk later pointed out that the determination of the leaders of the states and European institutions was clear that Europe's task was to increase its defence capacity as shortly as possible.
