00:00Welcome back. Poland has urged NATO members to reach the alliance's 5% defence spending target by 2030 instead of
00:08the current 2035 deadline.
00:10Poland's Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kaczyniak-Kamysh says delaying it until 2035 would be too slow and could leave Europe vulnerable
00:18to serious security threats.
00:21He added that Europe has strong economic capacity, but defence investment must now become the region's immediate priority.
00:30At the June 2025 summit, NATO allies agreed to spend 5% of GDP on defence and security-related investments
00:37by 2035.
00:39Poland shares borders with both Russia and Ukraine and has sharply increased military spending because of growing concerns over Moscow's
00:47actions.
00:48Warsaw already spends more on defence relative to its economy than any other NATO member and plans to allocate 4
00:55.8% of GDP in 2026.
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