FILE PHOTO: Tanks are pictured as Polish President Andrzej Duda and Minister of National Defence Mariusz Blaszczak meet with Polish instructors and Ukrainian soldiers training on Leopard 2 A4 tanks in the 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade in Swietoszow, Poland, February 13, 2023. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's NATO-leading surge in defence spending is raising budget concerns because it will bake in higher long-term expenditure on its military – even as Warsaw concedes it faces revenue shortfalls in its budget this year.
Central Europe's largest economy is on track to lead NATO in terms of defence spending relative to the size of its economy for the second year in 2024 based on NATO estimates.
