Security on condition is not safe," said president Karol Nawrocki in the message. The armed forces' superior informed him that he would not sign the Act on the implementation of the SAFE debt mechanism. Poland must arm itself. Poland must build a strong army. Poland must be 1 of the pillars of European and NATO security. But Poland must do it on its own terms," he added.
It is simply a long time since the decision of president Karol Nawrocki did not wait for Poles in specified tension. Whether the head of the armed forces will sign the SAFE Act depended on Poland joining the EU debt mechanism. Tonight, in a peculiar message, Karol Nawrocki presented his decision. Poland must arm itself. Poland must build a strong army. Poland must be 1 of the pillars of European and NATO security. But Poland must do so on its own terms," said the President, justifying a veto for the SAFE Act.
As a reason for his decision, the president indicated the full cost of borrowing and the threat to Poland's sovereignty in the field of safety policy. “The SAFE mechanics is simply a immense abroad loan, which is drawn for 45 years in a abroad currency, whose interest cost can be up to PLN 180 billion. Poles will so gotta return the second amount as the value of the loan, and Western banks and financial institutions will gain there. You can compare that to the francs. Everything was to be safe, and then the instalments grew so much that it led to powerful financial crises – he argued in the message.
“ SAFE is simply a mechanics in which Brussels, through the alleged conditionality principle, can arbitrarily suspend funding, and our country will inactive gotta repay this debt,” said the President. "Therefore, it must be made clear: safety is not safe if it is not safe. The safety of Poland must not depend on abroad decisions," he added. According to Nawrocki, the provisions on SAFE are incompatible with the Polish constitution, as they transmit abroad competences related to the sovereignty of the state, and these are reserved for Polish authorities.
– I presented a viable alternate to the SAFE Eurocredit. This is the Polish SAFE 0% concept of the Polish Defence Investment Fund," said the President. The bill has already been tabled in Parliament. – It should be handled as shortly as possible. Partial anger and procrastination of the debate on this good proposal harms Polish army and Polish safety – Nawrocki called for it. The thought developed in the Chancellery of the president assumes that the profits of the National Bank of Poland will be allocated to the financing of additional arms purchases for the Polish Army. According to the President, utilizing this money will preserve Poland's independency as opposed to utilizing "uncertain abroad loans for generations".
Prime Minister Donald Tusk convened an extraordinary gathering of the Council of Ministers for tomorrow, where a consequence to the presidential veto is to be developed.
– president Karol Nawrocki had a unique chance to importantly support the modernization of the Polish Army. SAFE funds warrant the early completion of the very crucial transformation stages of our army and the faster construction of the strongest army in Europe – he wrote moments after the end of the message Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. “This veto is not against the government, it is against the safety of Poland!” added the Minister of Defence.
"We veto 180 billion on the Polish army on the anniversary of our entry into NATO. It comments on itself," commented Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka, the government's typical for SAFE.
