Gov't increases military expenditures

The government has accepted a draft amendment to the law on the modernization and financing of the Polish Armed Forces. The government wants to increase spending on the army to a level of at least 2 percent of the GDP, which makes some PLN 800 million this year, Government Information Center (Centrum Informacyjne Rządu) said. “Recently consolidated Polish defense industry will be the main pillar of the investments in the army. Radom-based Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) will serve as a coordinator of the weapons production,” PM Ewa Kopacz declared. Current level of spending on the army stands at 1.95 percent of the GDP.