Poland now spends 3.9% of thier GDP on defense, exceeding even the US (3.6)

and is advocating for the EU/NATO to raise their own army.

Poland remembers what it was like to be invaded and taken over by an authoritarian regimen.

"We will be respected in all the capitals of the world if we believe that the European Union can be a power not only of civilization, economy, and science, but also a military power," Tusk said in a joint conference with Scholz.

"History has turned out to be extremely cruel and surprising. A few years ago, no one would have thought that Poland and Germany would cooperate closely, including militarily, in defending Ukraine against Russian aggression," Tusk said.

Earlier in Paris ahead of a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Tusk took a leaf from French literature and proclaimed that NATO should be an alliance of "All for one, and one for all!"

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