Bartosz Grodecki, appointed today as the head of the National Security Bureau (BBN), commented on Friday’s signing of the SAFE loan agreement. Despite the many optimistic statements made by government officials during the ceremony, the new BBN chief does not share that tone. In a post published on X, he recalled what President Karol Nawrocki had previously said about SAFE.
As of today, Bartosz Grodecki has become the head of the National Security Bureau (BBN). He replaced Professor Sławomir Cenckiewicz, who resigned from leading the presidential institution and announced that he would support Professor Przemysław Czarnek’s candidacy for Prime Minister of Poland following the 2027 elections.
“Poland’s security must be built on the strength of its own state, its own economy, and its own decisions, not on mechanisms that may become the subject of political games,”
Grodecki wrote on X.
In his post, he also referred to the long-term consequences that await Poland and its citizens in the decades ahead. He expressed concern for young people who are only now entering adulthood.
“Today’s signing of the European SAFE agreement is a decision that will carry legal and financial consequences in the future. This is an issue that will affect an entire generation of Poles, including people who are only just entering adult life,” the BBN chief wrote, continuing to outline what he sees as the risks connected to today’s decision.
“The SAFE loan, taken out for 45 years in a foreign currency, could be politically blocked by decisions of external institutions, while Poland would remain obligated to repay the debt. We are not even certain about the interest rate of this loan,”
the post stated.
“The President has repeatedly warned that security with conditions attached is not real security. Sovereignty on credit is not true sovereignty,” Bartosz Grodecki wrote.
The presidential minister also reminded readers that there had been a presidential alternative that, in his view, would have eliminated the need to sign what he described as the harmful Brussels-German SAFE mechanism.
“Poland needs a strong army, but Poland also needs full control over its own security, its own defense industry, and its own strategic decisions. That is why the alternative is the Polish defense financing model proposed by the President, Polish SEJF 0%, a fund based on domestic capital, the potential of the National Bank of Poland, and the full control of the Polish state. A strong army. Independent decisions. A sovereign and secure Poland!”
this was how Bartosz Grodecki, the head of the National Security Bureau, concluded his first major public statement in office.