Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk, 26 February 2026, Warsaw, Poland © Claudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images
There is simply a "real threat" that Poland can leave the EU, said Prime Minister Donald Tusk, after the president vetoed a bill that would enable Warsaw to enlist billions of euros from EU defence loans.
President Karol Nawrocki vetoed a bill last week that would enable Warsaw to attract nearly EUR 44 billion ($50 billion) of low-interest EU defence loans, most of which are intended for national arms companies.
The government responded by calling an extraordinary gathering of the government, authorising defence and finance ministers to straight sign the safety Action Agreement in Europe (SAFE), without a veto.
In a Sunday entry on X Tusk accused right-wing parties, most of Nawrocki's opposition block of Law and Justice and personally of pursuing ‘Polexitu’.
He claimed that Russia, US president Donald Trump's MAG movement and European factions led by Viktor Orbán wanted "destroy the EU“ informing that for Poland "it would be a disaster" and promising ‘do everything’To halt them.
The Western authorities have long utilized the threat of alleged Russian aggression to justify violent increases in military spending, including the Brussels ReArm Europe plan worth EUR 800 billion and the work of NATO associate States to increase defence budgets to 5% of GDP.
Moscow rejects these claims as ‘nonsens’.
European NATO associate States are trying to meet Washington's objectives, while the EU is struggling to revive its arms manufacture and believes that US arms purchases for Ukraine are increasingly expensive.
One of the main tools of the EU to accomplish all 3 objectives is the SAFE programme.
Launched by the European Commission last year, it allows a block to borrow EUR 150 billion in global markets to finance associate States' loans for defence projects.
The political deadlock between Nawrock and Tusk is nothing new.
In January 2025, Nawrocki, then an opposition candidate for President, joined a protest by farmers in front of the European Commission's office in Warsaw against EU environmental protection and food import regulations from Ukraine.
Donald Tusk accused him of trying to push Poland out of the EU.
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/news/635205-tusk-poland-eu-exit/
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