Poland already spends more of its GDP on defence than any other NATO country, followed by Estonia and the US.
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00:00Poland's defense spending will reach 4.7 percent of its GDP this year, the country's president
00:07announced on Wednesday.
00:09Andrzej Duda said the budget is expected to reach 30 billion euro, making it the largest
00:15defense budget among NATO countries.
00:18He also said that Poland will be strengthening its defense alliance with the United States.
00:24I would also like to emphasize the importance of our alliance, of our close relations with
00:29our main ally, the United States.
00:32We recently officially opened a base in Redzików, an anti-missile base.
00:40It is a very tough American investment in the security of our territory.
00:47I am very happy about it.
00:49I hope that we will have more American investments on our eastern flank.
00:56Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has publicly agreed that spending needs to be increased
01:00across the alliance, and has called for his fellow EU members to protect Europe's eastern
01:05flank against Russian aggression.
01:09During the election campaign, Donald Trump notoriously said he would encourage Russia
01:14to, quote, do whatever the hell they want to allies who don't spend at least the required
01:192 percent of their GDP on defense.