Gov't suspends 1.95% GDP spending rule on armaments

According to the amended 2015 budget bill, the Ministry of Finance will save PLN 209.5 million on suspending a spending rule, in line with which 1.95 percent of GDP has been earmarked for armaments. The move goes against pledges made during the electoral campaign, when PiS announced it will increase spendings on armaments to three percent GDP. Earlier, the government formed by Civic Platform (PO) suspended the rule in 2013. In 2015, PO passed a law raising the threshold to two percent.