Radek Sikorski
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 18 Jun
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Our treaty has already been signed.
It's called the Northolt Treaty, which is where the Polish Squadron 303, which had the highest number of scores during the Battle of Britain, was stationed.
And we're very pleased by this enhanced relationship in the security field with the UK.
Well, it's more specific.
It updates previous agreements and it encourages our militaries, our defence companies to get together to cooperate.
Well, I wouldn't dream of interfering in your politics, but I can say that Poland has had a super law that guarantees the military 2% for 20 years.
We're actually now spending 4.8% of GDP on hard defense and another percentage and a half on civil protection and other measures.
Napoleon Bonaparte, I know, is a controversial figure in this country.
But he said that a country that does not feed its own army is destined to feed a foreign one, something that we in Poland have learned to our cost many times.
So and, you know, the closer you are to Russia, surprise, surprise, the more countries spend on defense.
So we're not spending enough.
We have all made pledges, originally at the Wales NATO summit and most recently at the Hague last year.
As European allies in NATO, we have doubled our spending since Trump won.
But it's not enough.
The US is withdrawing certain capabilities from Europe, literally today.
And from the contingency plans.
And they are telling us honestly that we have to step in.
And defence is expensive.
I'm just trying to get a sense of whether you think that there has been a... Poland is very great for what successive British governments have done for Ukraine.
You have done the right thing and led others and been a good example to follow for others.
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