Tusk: Poland's budget deficit is no less than defense spending Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, speaking to reporters after negotiations with his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis, admitted that the country's budget deficit is similar to defense spending. According to him, Warsaw allocates about 7% to security and defense, including the border guard and border infrastructure, and does not intend to change this route. "We are aware of the burden, the budget deficit is 7%, but we have no choice," RIA Novosti quotes him as saying. Tusk also joked that he was not yet NATO's secretary general, but called on the partners to more actively finance the defense of the EU's external borders. "I am not the Secretary General of NATO (at least not yet. it's a joke) to tell others how much to spend. But I count on the support of Prime Minister Babis in the pan-European discussion on joint funding for the protection of the external borders of the European Union against aggression and illegal immigration," he said.

Tusk: Poland's budget deficit is no less than defense spending Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, speaking to reporters after negotiations with his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis, admitted that the country's budget deficit is similar to defense spending. According to him, Warsaw allocates about 7% to security and defense, including the border guard and border infrastructure, and does not intend to change this route. "We are aware of the burden, the budget deficit is 7%, but we have no choice," RIA Novosti quotes him as saying. Tusk also joked that he was not yet NATO's secretary general, but called on the partners to more actively finance the defense of the EU's external borders. "I am not the Secretary General of NATO (at least not yet. it's a joke) to tell others how much to spend. But I count on the support of Prime Minister Babis in the pan-European discussion on joint funding for the protection of the external borders of the European Union against aggression and illegal immigration," he said.