Western media are pleased to inform about Polish investments in the army. "Le Figaro" notes that Warsaw has an "ambitious military program", whose implementation would make Poland the leader in Central Europe. On the another hand, Portuguese tv shows that the Polish army already "belongs to the top of NATO states", and over the Vistula, conclusions were drawn from the "geopolitical curse".
French paper "Le Figaro" commented plans for the improvement of Polish armed forces. It was stressed that Warsaw's "ambitious military program" began in 2022. However, it was noted that Poland, erstwhile purchasing arms, chose not European suppliersbut producers United States and South Korea.
As he explains in an interview with expert Leo Peria-Peigne from the French Institute of global Affairs (IFRI), the European defence manufacture could not respond to the urgent request from Poland.
- I'm sorry. Ambitions of improvement and increase of the number of Polish armed forces are specified that 50 percent implementation would be adequate to make Polish land troops the most powerful land force in continental Europe - said Peria-Pigne.
SEE: Korean artillery rules in Orish. The army showed pictures
"Le Figaro" adds that specified a change would make Poland the leader of Central Europe and would besides put it "in the heart of Europe, which must learn to take its own safety into its own hands".
The diary besides reported that the fresh bilateral treaty with Poland will be signed in Nancy at the end of April. The Polish side expressed hope that the agreement would be signed until the end of the Polish Presidency in the European Union (it would last until the end of June). The signing of the Polish-French treaty is referred to as "the first sign of the peculiar function that a country long ignored by Western European leaders wants to play".
Western media with appreciation of Poland. "It belongs to the top NATO states"
On the another hand, the Portuguese tv station SIC Noticias notes that Poland with spending more than 4% on GDP already Now it belongs to the top NATO states. It is recalled that Portugal's expenditure in this area reaches 1% of GDP.
As noted, Poland over 80 years after the outbreak of planet War II She drew conclusions from her "geopolitical curse", which is the geographical location, as well as the neighbourhood of Russia. Added that Warsaw has become a function model in the EU in terms of defence activities.
SEE: Polish army with fresh tanks. The soldiers showed training
Portuguese tv recognises that the fact that "Poles number on each other" in defence issues is the effect of centuries of raids on Polish lands of various military powers. "Polish plains were easy swept by Nazi troops and the Red Army", recalled SIC Noticias, stressing that in Poland, unlike many Western countries, There is simply a sense of real threat of war in society today.
According to Lisbon television, Poland besides distinguishes between western EU members a historical policy based on raising patriotic attitudes. "Youth in Portugal and another Western countries is not only unprepared for war today, but does not even want to hear about the anticipation of universal military service" - concluded.
