Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announces record defence spending in 2025 budget

The current proposal would break the previous defence spending record of 159 billion zlotys (€37 billion) in the 2024 budget.

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00:00Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that Poland's budget for 2025 will include

00:06record spending on defence.

00:10At more than 186 billion zlotys, or 40 billion euros, Poland's Finance Minister Andrzej Dymanski

00:17says the proposal would constitute 4.7 percent of GDP.

00:23This is compared to the 4.2 percent in 2024, which had already made Poland a top defence

00:29spender in both NATO and the EU.

01:00The Eastern European nation borders war-torn Ukraine, making security a high priority.

01:07Since the start of the Ukraine war, Poland has made large purchases of military equipment,

01:13including fighter jets, tanks and missile defence systems from the US and South Korea.

01:21The budget plan will be debated with the trade unions and still needs approval from Poland's

01:26lawmakers and from President Andrzej Duda.