As part of the significant success of the Commission, the countries from Estonia to Portugal asked for participation in the program for the purchase of weapons as part of the SAFE instrument, which offers low -interest loans up to EUR 150 billion (PLN 640 billion).
This initiative is part of the broader program of the “Rearm Europe” commission, proposed in March. His goal is Reducing the block of flats on the United States lasting for decades.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the commission announced that Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Spain, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia, Latvia, Croatia, Poland, Greece, Portugal, Romania, France and Italy and Italy issued.
In their conclusions addressed to the Commission, the countries determined the minimum and maximum amount, which they will formally pay at a later date. This opens the path to EU executive authorities to raise funds on financial markets and take loans on behalf of 27 Member States.
The Commission did not provide data for individual countries, but Polish Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz wrote on X that Warsaw was about EUR 45 billion (PLN 192 billion)-probably the highest amount of all countries.
“Great interest in the SAFE programcovering potential orders in the field of defense worth at least EUR 127 billion, testifies to the unity and ambitions of EU in the field of security and defense, “wrote in a statement the EU Commissioner for Defense Andrius Kubilius.
Thanks to the joint purchase of weapons under the SAFE program, the countries can get lower price than in the case of independent purchases and pay off cheap loans within 45 years. The most important allies of Ukraine said that they would use the program to deliver weapons to the country immersed in the war.
The committee stated that Tuesday was only “soft term” And that the late Late will not be rejected. Countries must formally submit a loan application and present defensive projects that they intend to implement under the SAFE program, before the expiry of the date of November 30.
