Poland wants to spend 5% of GDP on defence in 2026, minister says

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland wants to walk 5% of gross home merchandise (GDP) connected defence successful 2026, Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said connected Thursday aft a European Union defence ministers gathering successful Warsaw.

Galvanised by Russia's penetration of neighbouring Ukraine 3 years ago, Poland present spends a higher proportionality of GDP connected defence than immoderate different NATO member, including the United States. It plans for this year's spending to deed 4.7% of GDP.

During the summit, ministers discussed a "White Paper for European Defence – Readiness 2030," aimed astatine providing a model for the ReArm Europe Plan and to outline a caller defence strategy.

"All ministers... emphasized the value of this document, the White Paper," Kosiniak-Kamysz told reporters.

"We indispensable beryllium acceptable for the astir hard scenarios and we indispensable beryllium beardown capable to forestall warfare from breaking out... This is an enactment to marque america truthful beardown that it would not beryllium profitable for immoderate state to onslaught the European Union oregon NATO."

(Reporting by Barbara Erling; penning by Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk; Editing by Alan Charlish, Alexandra Hudson)