“I believe that we can accept both solutions,” Duda said, emphasizing that “they are neither contradictory nor mutual mutually exclusive.”
In March, Prime Minister Donald Tusk spoke about the need to extend the “atomic umbrella” to Poland and added that Warsaw was talking about the proposal of French President Emmanuel Macron to use the French nuclear weapon to defend European allies. Bloomberg estimated that the pursuit of nuclear weapons is a supplement to “and such an ambitious” defense program of Warsaw in the face of Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Poland allocates 4.7 percent to defense GDP and obtained financial support from the European Union to strengthen the border with Belarus and Russian exclava – the Królewiec region. Bloomberg also reminded that Duda attempts to lobby in the previous US administration to involve Poland in the program of sharing nuclear weapons did not bring results.
Andrzej Duda: We invite you to expand
The Nuclear Sharing program can take the form of an American nuclear weapon adoption by an ally in its territory (it is believed that several NATO members in Europe are already done) or to offer escort or reconnaissance to the nuclear mission of the nuclear mission.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Duda emphasized that the role of NATO is to oppose Russia's “aggressive behavior.” In 2023, the Russian leader Vladimir Putin said that Moscow deployed part of his tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which outlined members of the alliance's eastern flank – the agency reminded.
– How does NATO intend to react to this? My answer is very simple. We invite you to extend the sharing of nuclear weapons in our territory – said Duda.
In Bloomberg's opinion, Poland's receipt of the proposal of French President Emmanuel Macron could encounter some obstacles – the French nuclear shield is independent of the NATO security guarantee covering Poland, in addition, Poland as a signatories to the system on the non -prolisory nuclear weapon system has committed to resign from the desire to obtain atomic weapons.
The invasion of Russia to Ukraine led to the deployment of more American troops within Poland, because 90 percent pass through the Rzeszów-Jasionka airport. Western military assistance for Kiev. A recent US decision to relocate the army from Jasionka caused fear that President Donald Trump may plan a wider withdrawal of the United States from the NATO eastern flank.
Duda, who – as Bloomberg reminds – maintains close relationships with Trump and in February met him briefly in Washington, however, he said that “there are absolutely no grounds to claim that the number of American troops in Poland will be reduced.”
“On the contrary,” he said, adding that in his opinion from meetings with Trump and the head of Pentagon Pete HegeSthem shows that the US military presence “in Poland, primarily in Poland, on the eastern flank, will rather be strengthened.”
