Polish soldiers – illustrative photo.
Warsaw – Poland will rapidly increase its defense spending this year, reaching almost 130 billion zlotys (more than 650 billion CZK). The Polish newspaper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna wrote about it today, according to which the country will spend around four percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on the military, making it the leader among NATO countries in this regard.
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The Polish government has accelerated its plans for multibillion-dollar purchases of weapons and other equipment for the army, including tanks and missile systems, due to the war in Ukraine, the PAP agency reminds. Today, for example, the state arms concern PGZ is to sign a framework agreement on the supply of Borsuk infantry fighting vehicles for “at least ten billion zlotys”, wrote Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. spending on modernization of the army 27.9 billion zlotys. “However, it is possible that total defense spending in 2022 reached 70 billion zlotys and exceeded 2.5 percent of GDP,” added the newspaper.
However, in 2021, Poland spent 13 billion zlotys on the army, 2020 14.6 billion and a little over nine billion in 2019.
Unlike Poland, the Czech Republic is still struggling to comply with the NATO commitment and spend at least two percent of GDP on defense. Last year, defense managed 89 billion crowns, which corresponded to 1.35 percent of GDP.
