The EU wants to support its member states with arms loans. Poland's nationalist President Karol Nawrocki sees this as a threat to Poland's sovereignty.
The law in question had previously been passed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk's centre-left coalition and was intended to allow Poland to take out loans of 44 billion euros from the EU to modernize and arm its military.
As part of the so-called Safe Program (Security Action for Europe), the EU is offering low-cost loans totalling 150 billion euros to its member states to help them finance increased arms spending in order to arm themselves against a more aggressive Russia.
The SAFE program in Poland becomes a symbol of the conflict between the government camp and the president.
What does this mean for the arms industry?
How do you see the veto?
So long
