Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Friday in the Sejm that work is underway to prepare military training for all adult man in Poland - so that the reserve of soldiers is "adequate to possible threats". As he added, the model is to be ready by the end of the year.
As part of the presentation in the Sejm of information on the global situation and safety of Poland Prime Minister compared the capabilities of the Polish army with the capabilities of the armies of Ukraine and Russia, indicating that the erstwhile has about 800,000 people and the second has 1.3 million. "We are talking present about the request to have a half-million-dollar army in Poland, together with reserveists" - indicated.
"It seems that if we organise this wisely, and I talk about it constantly with the Minister of National Defence, we will gotta usage respective ways of acting. They're reservists, but besides intensive training to make those who do not go to the military, full and full-fledged soldiers during the conflict" said the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister said that preparations are underway military training for all adult man in Poland. "Women too, but it is known - but war is inactive a more men's domain" - he added. "We will effort to have a ready model by the end of the year so that all adult man in Poland is trained in the event of war. So that this reserve is (...) adequate for possible risks" - said Tusk.
The Prime Minister besides informed that he would urge Poland to retreat from the Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the usage of anti-personnel mines, and - "maybe" - from the Dublin Convention, which concerns cluster ammunition. "There were many arguments for the planet to block the anticipation of utilizing this terrible weapon, but we are in a situation where (...) we will usage all available chance to increase our defence" - he said. As he pointed out, in our surroundings, all those "we may fear" have specified weapons.
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Tusk besides said that Our country is seriously talking to the French about their thought of a atomic umbrella over Europe. At the same time, he estimated that it was advanced time that we "take a brave look at our capabilities regarding state-of-the-art weapons." "We have a very serious race ahead of us. And this is simply a race for security, not a race for war" - he said.
The information that Tusk presented at the Sejm besides included reporting on the findings of the Thursday extraordinary European Council, at which it was accepted Europe's plan to bring together, inter alia, a debt package of EUR 150 billion and increase defence expenditure outside EU budgetary discipline.
"What is the breakthrough in reasoning in the EU? On the fact that European money will be allocated straight to defence capabilities" - indicated Tusk. He stressed that the fresh debt instrument resembled the instrument utilized in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic – "with it being 1.5 times larger".
The EU plan besides provides for the anticipation of redirecting funds to defence-related objectives of cohesion policy funds. The Prime Minister stressed that this would not happen automatically - the decisions on this substance belong to governments. "We will decide to shift funds from those projects which are not recognized by the government, by local governments as crucial" - said the Prime Minister.
The Head of the Polish Government besides indicated that in the conclusions of the Thursday summit "I hold the East"and another projects for NATO's east flank, arising in the Baltic countries among others, was considered a precedence issue for the EU. According to the Prime Minister, this will mean "a clear increase in the possibilities of financing various installations and activities on our east border".
Tusk besides reported that Poland proposed the establishment of an "armour bank", which could operate on akin terms as the European Investment Bank, but would be dedicated solely to defence issues. "Today is besides early to say that this proposal has met with the consent of another partners, but they will have something to think about" - he added.
The head of the Polish government referred respective times to the situation of Ukraine, whose prospects for a favorable end to the war decreased after the change of the American administration. "Hope for Ukraine to receive hard safety guarantees soon, with the physical presence of the United States in favour of these guarantees, seems little likely present - I say mildly - than before" - he admitted.
He besides added, "Illusion" is the presumption that Americans or Russians "are waiting with open arms for Europe in 1 form or another to sit at the negotiating table". In his opinion, this does not exempt her from the work to explain to the United States how crucial European commitment to this process is to the stableness of future peace.
Tusk reiterated that despite the "deep adjustment" of the U.S. policy towards the war in Ukraine "we must not be offended by reality". "It is not our occupation to review so for satisfaction or for good rhetoric, the moves of our top ally. Our task is to draw conclusions for our security" - emphasised the Prime Minister.
Source: PAP
