Survey: Poles Divided on Support for Rearmament Projects 0 11

About 51% of Poles support Poland's participation in the EU rearmament initiative SAFE; a parallel survey shows that 46% support an alternative project initiated by President Karol Nawrocki.

This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the CBOS center, reported by RMF24.

Survey participants were asked to express their views on Poland's participation in the SAFE initiative and on Nawrocki's idea to finance the purchase of military equipment from the profits of the National Bank.

Both proposals are supported simultaneously by 17%.

51% of respondents expressed support for the SAFE program. Of these, 36% support it "definitely," and 15% "partially."

9% are "rather against" the EU project, while 27% are "categorically against."

Regarding the presidential initiative, 46% of respondents express support for this idea. 14% voted "rather against," and 23% "definitely against."

The EU rearmament program, under which Poland is claiming about 44 billion euros in loans for rearmament, has sparked political discussions and has become the main subject of disputes between President Karol Nawrocki, who is supported by the main right-wing opposition party Law and Justice, and the centrist coalition of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

On March 12, Nawrocki announced that he had decided to veto the law on participation in the EU SAFE program.

Instead, the president presented his version of the rearmament program "SAFE 0%", the funds for which will come from the Polish budget.

After the Polish president's veto on the SAFE program, the government adopted a resolution to allocate funds for defense, which will allow Poland to join the mechanism.

Sources in the EU reported that President Karol Nawrocki's veto on the law regarding his country's participation in the EU rearmament program SAFE did not affect the European Commission's work on formalizing the loan agreement for Warsaw.