Grzegorz Płaczek, a member of Confederation, submitted a parliamentary interpellation to the Ministry of National Defence asking about information stating that “around 89% of funds obtained under the SAFE instrument will go to the Polish defense industry.” According to the ministry’s response, it currently does not possess such information.
Karol Nawrocki vetoed the law implementing the EU SAFE rearmament mechanism. Earlier, together with the president of the National Bank of Poland (National Bank of Poland), he presented his own alternative to the program, namely “Polish SAFE 0%.” A draft law on the Polish Defense Investment Fund has already been submitted to the Sejm, proposing the creation of a fund whose primary source of financing would be profits from the NBP.
Last week, Włodzimierz Czarzasty announced that the presidential draft law on the Polish Defense Investment Fund, the so-called Polish SAFE 0%, had been sent for preliminary analysis to the Sejm Legislative Bureau and the Bureau of Expert Opinions and Regulatory Impact Assessment. He emphasized that, following the information received from this analysis, he decided not to assign a print number to the draft.
According to our lawyers, the presidential draft law is in conflict with Article 221 of the Constitution, the Marshal of the Sejm stated.
At the same time, the Minister of National Defence, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, declared that the government will “see through” the EU SAFE program. The head of the Polish People’s Party (Polska 2050 Party is not mentioned here; PSL is separate) stressed that the president’s veto does not eliminate the possibility of using EU loans, but, for example, makes it more difficult to allocate funds to services.
Does the Ministry of National Defence know what would be included in the agreement?
The exact amount to be spent under the SAFE program in Polish defense plants remains uncertain. Some politicians from the governing camp speak of 89%, while others mention 80%.
Therefore, Confederation MP Grzegorz Płaczek submitted a parliamentary interpellation to the Ministry of National Defence, asking three questions.
“Acting pursuant to Article 20 in conjunction with Article 19 of the Act of May 9, 1996 on the exercise of the mandate of a Member of Parliament and Senator, and in reference to my parliamentary intervention of August 12, 2025, as well as the information received on February 6, 2026 from the Ministry of National Defence (reference: BMON-WP.053.117.2026/P-5-26/SL), stating that ‘around 89% of funds obtained under the SAFE instrument will go to the Polish defense industry,’ I hereby request the Minister to provide information, explanations, and answers to the following questions:”
- Does the Polish government calculate the 89% based on the value of contracts with contractors registered in Poland, or based on the actual value added in Poland?
- What will be the share of “local content” (domestic production vs. imported components) in the SAFE program in Poland?
- What share of the €43.7 billion will go to entities with Polish capital, and what share to subsidiaries of foreign corporations operating in Poland?
How did the ministry respond?
“Dear Sir, in connection with the intervention addressed to the Minister of National Defence regarding the submitted application for a loan under the SAFE program – a continuation of the intervention of August 12, 2025, No. 2026/IW025 – I kindly inform you that, due to the need to compile the necessary information on the matter, a response will be provided at a slightly later date,” the statement reads.
Płaczek commented: “What a farce. You won’t hear this in the mainstream media! For several weeks, Poles have been hearing statements from the government’s plenipotentiary for SAFE, Ms. Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka, that ‘89 percent of the money Poland will receive from SAFE will go to Polish companies.’ The 89 percent figure is also mentioned by the Deputy Minister of National Defence, Mr. Cezary Tomczyk. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, Donald Tusk, is slightly more restrained, declaring ‘over 80 percent.’”
“I decided to verify this and ask the Ministry of National Defence (through a parliamentary interpellation) what percentage of SAFE funds will actually go to entities with Polish capital and what should be understood by the statement that ‘funds will go to Polish companies.’ Does this mean companies that are 100 percent Polish, or ‘Polish’ in name only? I received an answer that says more than thousands of statements made by dishonest politicians,” the politician continued.
He concluded: “The Ministry of National Defence currently does not have such information and… needs time to prepare the answers. But how is that possible? On what basis, then, have representatives of the government and politicians associated with the current authorities been informing the public for a long time? I leave the comment to the Polish people.”