Poland to increase military spending to 2.5% in 2030

Polish government will introduce a bill, increasing the defense spending to 2 percent of GDP next year, and gradually increasing it to reach 2.5 percent in 2030. After it is passed by Parliament it will be in line with recent NATO regulations. Due to the increase in spending, Poland hopes to increase its army to 200k personnel, from the current 150k limit. However, the number of professional troops will be cut to 130k. The rest of the army will consist of recently formed national defense guard. Besides that, the army will spend the money on “technical modernization of the forces via increased saturation of modern military equipment, alongside the active participation of the Polish defense industry,” the draft bill said.