A peculiar safety and Defence manufacture Council and a fresh Commissioner with a budget of €100 billion should be established in Europe. We request to share the air defence and make common fast consequence forces – Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish postulated during the Impact '24 legislature launched present in Poznań.
Impact '24 is the largest economical and technological legislature in Central and east Europe. 650 speakers from all over the planet arrived for a two-day meeting, which began present in Poznań. Among them are politicians, business representatives and NGOs, scientists, journalists. The guest list included Michelle Obama, the erstwhile First woman of the United States, and Sanna Marin, until late Finland's Prime Minister. There are besides respective representatives of the Polish government. During short speeches they share their experiences and thoughts about the modern world. They are listened to by 6,000 people gathered in the halls of the Poznań global Fair. Speeches and discussions can besides be traced around the planet via the Internet.
The deputy prime minister and national defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, among others, spoke before noon. “Poland, Europe and the planet face the biggest challenges since the end of planet War II. We request courage, strength and community. The European Union and the North Atlantic Pact - he stressed. The head of the MON called for the establishment of fresh defence institutions and mechanisms on the Old Continent. "A peculiar safety and Defence Council should be established in Europe, as well as a defence commissioner with a budget of EUR 100 billion. We must share work for the air defence and make common fast consequence forces – Kosiniak-Kamish mentioned.
Deputy Prime Minister stressed that erstwhile Poland joined the North Atlantic Pact, and then the European Union, has made a choice of civilization, which was not just about military and economical issues. Our country has always shared common values with the West. And now we must be ready to defend these values. The question of Ukraine's assistance is so not up for discussion. – Poland, Europe and the planet cannot get utilized to war. erstwhile children die, daycare, kindergarten, children's homes and hospitals are bombed, you don't accept it. You defy it and you do everything you can to change it. Humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine is so unconditional. On economical issues, we anticipate cooperation, partnership and solidarity, and the fulfilment of certain conditions by Ukrainian companies - noted the Deputy Prime Minister.
As he recalled, support for Ukraine besides has a purely pragmatic dimension. It allows to distance danger from Polish borders. However, it is essential to strengthen its own military potential. - present Poland spends 4% of its GDP on modernization and transformation of the army. We make fresh military components, specified as cyberspace defence troops, medical military components, and unmanned troops. We're forming Transformation Commandto cooperate even better in the framework of the changing civilization, quality and technology of the Polish army – stressed the head of the MON.
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish besides assured that he was calm about NATO's future. The Alliance was based on common values and interests. Both the US and European countries benefit from its existence. He called for strengthening ties between Poland and allies, as well as maintaining his own identity. – Poland is an independent, independent and independent state. The armies must stay national, due to the fact that the most crucial reason for joining the army are patriotic reasons, love of the homeland – he said. “I believe in the better future of Poland due to the fact that it is within our reach,” he concluded.
Minister of abroad Affairs Radosław Sikorski besides spoke about the request to invest in the military and the complex global safety situation. “We as the West very much request triumph in Ukraine. We've had any failures lately. Burnt hopes proved to be Arab Spring. Believing that China included in the WTO will become a more liable partner, or that bringing Russia closer together will bring its democratisation. After Afghanistan and Iraq, we must rebuild our morale. To show to the world, but besides to ourselves, that our strategy of governments is not only more honest, better, but besides more effective – said Sikorski.
Ukrainian issues besides appeared in subsequent panels, including the participation of erstwhile Prime Minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki. “Currently Poland and Ukraine are like a matrimony that is in a hard position. We have a different history, sometimes different interests. On the another hand, Poland is simply a logistics centre for Ukraine. How can economical policy be conducted without specified a centre? – Bielecki wondered. According to American writer Anne Applebaum, what we observe in Poland's relations with Ukraine is simply a kind of return to average politics. – After the invasion, it was possible to sense that Poles are shocked. In time, this sense of emergency eased somewhat. Various games began on both sides of the border. But remember that in February 2022 the planet changed. And that political debates must so be conducted in an appropriate manner," she stressed.
Tomorrow's the second day of Congress.
