The European Commission on Tuesday permitted Poland to repurpose nearly €6 billion in post-COVID funds to finance defence projects, when the college of commissioners endorsed the Polish request by written procedure.
"Poland will be the first to invest billions from the KPO (National Recovery Plan) in security and defence. Successful negotiations paved the way, now other countries are trying to follow in our footsteps," Jan Szyszko, the country's secretary of state in the ministry of funds and regional policy, wrote on X following the Commission's decision.
