Poland will spend almost $55 billion on defense in 2026.

Photo: Unsplash, August 27, MINSK . Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced at a Cabinet meeting that the government will spend nearly 200 billion zlotys (approximately $54.6 billion) on defense next year, RMF24 radio reports.

Tusk also pointed to a "colossal difference in spending on national defense, security, including the security of citizens within the country, and the security of the Polish border" compared to the previous government. According to him, current security spending significantly exceeds the efforts of his predecessors. Tusk added that, despite such significant spending, the government is striving to stay within the risk associated with a budget deficit. As TASS

reports , Deputy Minister of Defense Pawel Zalewski, in turn, proposed financing defense spending by increasing excise taxes onALCOHOL .