Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka: the Veto Means Cutting Safe

Rzeczpospolita

Factuality

Ownership

PLN 180 billion for Poland's rearmament, one-third of the EU's defense budget, and unprecedented implementation speed – the SAFE program could have been Poland's greatest diplomatic success. Instead, it became a hostage to a political scandal, says Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka, government plenipotentiary for the Instrument for Enhancing European Security, in the "Security Radar" podcast.

wpolityce.pl

Factuality

Ownership

A potential veto by President Karol Nawrocki of the EU SAFE defense loan program would be a shocking abuse of the president's constitutional role, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said in Brussels.

Defence24

Factuality

Ownership

**For many months, the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff have treated the SAFE program as a matter of course, enshrined as the basis for financing domestic purchases of military equipment and weapons. Recently, however, the president's inner circle has been reporting a possible veto of the Financial Instrument for Increasing Security Act. Does the Ministry have a plan to address the president's veto?**