The legislature tabled on Thursday amendments to the Act implementing the EU's set-up mechanics SAFE. The amendments ensure, among another things, that the loans from the programme will not be financed from the MON budget and introduce an anti-corruption and counter-intelligence control obligation. The bill with amendments supported 61 senators, against 26, no 1 abstained. Now the bill will return to the Sejm.
The legislature introduced together four amendments prepared by the government coalitiontwo of which were voted together. 1 of them predicts that the expenses related to the repayment and servicing of the SAFE debt will not be included in the minimum limit on defence expenditure. The budget of the State is to establish a reserve for this purpose.
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Another amendment introduces an anti-corruption and counter-intelligence control work by ABW, SKW and CBA to usage the funds from the SAFE loan and reporting on the conduct of that control. Next Amendment extends the work to study on the implementation of the Financial Plan of the safety Impairment Facility (FIZB) to the applicable legislature committees.
The legislature rejected the amendments tabled by the Law and Justice
The legislature rejected the amendments proposed by Law and Justice. The PiS Senators wanted, among another things, to introduce a preamble to the Act, stating that it could not be introduced in relation to debt funds "conditional mechanism"which, according to the Law and Justice, may be part of political blackmail against countries that do not agree with EU policy in the future.
The opposition besides suggested in the Act that the funds of the Financial Instrument for safety Enhancement (FIZB) will be utilized to finance the Polish defence manufacture at no little than 89 percent.
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The Act assumes the creation of the Bank-managed National Holding Financial Instrument for safety Enhancement (FISB)through which the government will be able to usage the SAFE money.
Most of the money is to be spent on purchase of military equipment created primarily in Polish factories. "List of purchases" was prepared - according to MON - by the General Staff of the Polish Army and liable for the acquisition of equipment for the Army of the Armed Forces Agency.
Under the Union instrument Polish government will be able to usage around EUR 43.7 billion in the form of interest-bearing loans and spend it on defence investments. According to the government's declaration, over 80% of the money is to be spent in the Polish arms industry.
What will the funds be spent on? MON reported 139 projects
In its application for money from SAFE, Polish MON included a full of 139 projects to be implemented. Although this list is not yet public, it is known that it will include the most crucial products of the Polish armory, as Lightning anti-aircraft launchers, Badger infantry wagons is Krab cannon. The plans will besides include the acquisition of air tankers manufactured by the European Airbus company.
Some projects are to be implemented in cooperation with another European partners as well as with Ukraine. In addition to the acquisition of military equipment, another departments - specified as the Ministry of abroad Affairs or the Ministry of Infrastructure - are besides to participate in the programme for another expenditures related to security.
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Prime Minister Donald Tusk earlier on Thursday, he called for no 1 in Poland to think about blocking the SAFE program, because, as he said, "this will mean hitting the very heart of our Polish safety programs." He assured that his appeal was from a "deep need".
The Prime Minister besides stated that there is no area for policy or conflict in the SAFE. - I'm sorry. This is truly about Polish security, about the large acceleration of Polish military production, Polish method thought, and consequently it is about safe territory, safe border, safe Polish citizens - he said.
Head of MON Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish stressed on Wednesday that the conditionality of the SAFE programme concerns the reliability of the funds spent. He added that a akin rule of conditionality is in another European programmes. He besides pointed out that this rule was never utilized against Poland and in his opinion it would not be used.
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