March 19 this year The European Commission in a statement encouraged the Member States to coordinate the National Escape Clause (NEC) due to the unique circumstances, which are Russia's aggression to Ukraine and the deteriorating security environment. In the opinion of the EC, this should allow the European Union to achieve permanently higher defense expenses while maintaining stable public finances in the average period, it was recalled.
“The national clause allows you to move away from the expenditure path recommended by the ECOFIN Council to the amount of defense expenditure in relation to the situation before the war in Ukraine, but not more than 1.5% of GDP. According to estimates, the increase in defense expenditure according to the EU definition of Cit in 2024-25, it will be 1.1% of GDP and 1.3% of GDP in the years 2024-25.
Considering that this unique situation applies to all Member States, and taking into account the maximization of the impact on the defense readiness of the EU and the production capacity of the defense industry, the EC encouraged all Member States to apply – in a coordinated manner – for the exit clause, as far as possible, until the end of April this year, emphasized.
“The April deadline for submitting an application for a national output clause is not an impassable period and the state may make a decision later. The applications of the Member States that have been submitted to the Ecinic Council and the European Commission until the end of April, including Poland, will be assessed by the EC by the EC by June 4 and based on its recommendation, the Ecinic Council will accept the appropriate recommendations on July 8,” the resort indicated.
During the use of the EU state clause, they will continue to be subject to EU economic management regulations, and also marked.
