Daily media review of the safety and defense sector.
Maciej Miłosz: Rzeczpospolita: “The French do not lay down their arms in the fight for ships”
“Polish-French talks on the purchase of submarines will take place soon. The favorites are Germany, Swedes and Italians. “Orka” is a submarine purchase program that has been going on for several years. It is about acquiring three units that will cost several billion zlotys.
Companies from France, Spain, South Korea (two), Germany, and Sweden and Italy joined the proceedings. After analyzing the offers, the Armaments Agency best assessed proposals from Germany (Thyssenkrupp Marina Systems), Sweden (Saab) and Italy (Fincantieri).
The intergovernmental talks are now underway. Deputy Minister of National Defense Bejda was in Italy and Germany. Talked, among others About submarines. Delegations of the Ministry of Defense also visited Sweden twice, where “plowing” was also talked about. In the coming weeks, further talks will be held, during which the Polish side will want to obtain the best financing conditions and broadly understood cooperation of arms industries, not necessarily related to the shipbuilding sector.
In the assumptions at the beginning of September, the intergovernmental agreement with the selected country is to be signed during MSPO in Kielce, and in the following months a detailed contract will be negotiated on this basis. The optimistic variant is its conclusion in the first quarter of next year. Even if the contract is signed in 2026, the first deliveries are not available faster than in 2032. “
onet.pl: “The stone does not go to the system with the USA and Russia.”
“China rejected the American proposal to reduce defensive budgets together with Russia and the USA. American and Russian representatives talk to normalize relations and end the war in Ukraine. Trump’s proposal regarding the cutting of expenses for reinforcement appeared at the same time as he began to accept the Rhetoric of the Kremlin, blaming Ukraine for the invasion.
On Monday, Putin accepted this idea with satisfaction, suggesting in a television interview that the Chinese ally of Russia would “join if he wanted.” A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lin Jian told journalists that Beijing already limits his expenses to the level necessary to protect his security, sovereignty, peaceful development and “the need to maintain world peace.”
The remarks of the line are a consequence of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, issued at the beginning of the month in which it was found that the United States, as a country issuing the most on reinforcements, should “give an example”, and Washington and Moscow – which together have over 90 percent. World nuclear weapons – they should reduce their own supplies before other countries armed with nuclear weapons follow in their footsteps.
Michał Potocki: Dziennik Gazeta Prawna: “Fear in Vilnius”
“Lithuanians are afraid that Trump’s policy will encourage Putin to attack the Baltic States. They see the chances of rescue in Poland. NepanikoJam, let’s not panic – recently Facebook entries Tomas Janeliunas, a security expert from the University of Vilnius.
His appeals are associated with the pro -Russian return of the White House under Trump and the divagations that the US can withdraw from the countries of the Eastern Flanka NATO. Do you want to know what the atmosphere is? Everyone is existing, says a highly erected clerk of one of the ministries. In private conversations, politicians do not hide that things are going in the wrong direction.
Nobody expected that Trump from the European ally would turn into a friend of Russia tells me Janeliunas. Among my interlocutors, it is common belief that Vladimir Putin can test whether art. 5 of the Treaty, guaranteeing collective defense of the attacked, applies. Baltic states are a candidate for the test.
onet.pl: “France with a proposal in the matter of Ukraine.”
“One of the security guarantees for Ukraine could be the creation of weapons in Europe,” suggested the defense minister of France Sebastien Lecorn. This armament could be transferred to Ukraine if necessary, which would scare Russia to resume the conflict.
Lecorn spoke about various elements that would consist of safety guarantees. Listing weapons, he assessed that “this is a way of repelling if the war was to start again – because we have x months of ammunition inventory”, which could be quickly passed on to Ukraine, “he explained.
pb.pl: “France also wants Ukrainian raw materials”
“Minister of Defense Sébastien Lecorn revealed that France is also talking to Ukraine about the deposits of raw materials in this country, informs Associated Press. On Friday, President Donald Trump is to sign a contract with President Volodymyr Zelnski regarding US access to Ukrainian deposits of the most valuable raw materials. It turns out that the US is not the only country that is interested in them.
Defense Minister Sébastien Lecorn revealed a radio interview that the French government has been negotiating with Kiev since October. He did not indicate which minerals they relate to. He only said that France wants to get them for its own needs.
We have a arms industry that needs access to a certain amount of raw materials in the coming years has explained. Lecorn said that France can buy minerals from Ukraine and is not looking for access to them as a way of recovering billions of euros support to Kiev since the outbreak of war with Russia. Our defense sector needs a certain amount of raw materials that will be absolutely crucial for our weapon systems for the next 30 or 40 years – he emphasized. Lecorn noted that this is just the beginning of negotiations in this matter.