US EditionPolish Government to Extend Safe Program Despite Presidential Veto
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The Polish government said it will continue to implement plans to create a national anti-drone system at the expense of European Union loans.
President Karol Nawrocki's veto of the government bill implementing the SAFE program raised questions about the fate of tens of billions of euros earmarked for Polish defense. In her podcast "Security Radar," Katarzyna Smyk, Director of the European Commission Representation in Poland, addressed the concerns raised in Poland—from the risk of delays, through conditionality, to allegations of threats to sovereignty.
The Polish government wants to build an anti-drone system for €3.5 billion from SAFE loans, even though the Eurosceptic president vetoed the funding, the Financial Times writes.
In the latest poll, respondents were asked how they assessed President Karol Nawrocki's decision to veto the SAFE Act.
In view of the formal and legal shortcomings, obvious political damage and expected negative economic consequences, the Poland Is Most Important Association welcomes with appreciation the President’s veto of the Act of the Sejm of 13 February 2026 on the Financial Instrument for Increasing Security SAFE, hereinafter referred to as the “SAFE Act”.
The government will present an alternative plan for disbursing funds from the European SAFE program. Donald Tusk has dubbed it "Armed Poland." "We will do everything we can to save as much of this money as possible, including for services subordinate to the Ministry of Interior and Administration," announced Minister Marcin Kierwiński.
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