Polish president vetoes EU defence loan bill


FILE PHOTO: Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks to President Karol Nawrocki during a Cabinet Council meeting led by the president, at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, August 27, 2025. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

WARSAW, March 12 (Reuters) - Poland's president said ⁠on Thursday that he would not sign legislation creating a mechanism to spend 43.7 ⁠billion euros ($50.30 billion) in European Union loans to boost the military, triggering condemnation ‌from the government.

The clash between nationalist President Karol Nawrocki and the pro-EU government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk over the 150 billion-euro Security Action for Europe initiative is the latest example of the deep divisions complicating policymaking at Poland's ​highest levels of state.

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