The Commission on Friday said it is still committed to finalising a defence loan agreement with Poland after the country’s president vetoed a bill that would have allowed Warsaw to receive €44 billion in loans.
This is “not the scenario we are looking for,” a Commission spokesperson said following the veto.
The comments came just one day after Polish President Karol Nawrocki killed the bill that would have given Poland the largest share of the €150 billion Security Action for Europe (SAFE) loans, a programme the EU created to incentivise joint defence procurement across the bloc.
Capitals must sign a loan agreement with Brussels to receive funding.
The Commission’s goal is to sign the loan agreement, the spokesperson said, adding it was committed to implementing the plan “without delay.”
Poland had sent the Commission a plan breaking down how it would use the €43.7 billion allocation, almost a third of the total loan 19 EU countries applied for to…
