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		</div><p>Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said the 2025 state budget will include record-high spending on defence.</p>
<p>Mr Tusk presented the main points of next year’s budget, which he described as “generous” and supporting further economic growth.</p>
<p>He said some 186 billion zlotys (£36.6 billion) will be spent next year on increasing the defence of the nation, which borders war-torn Ukraine, amid high security concerns.</p>
<p>“It is a great effort, but there is no turning back from it,” Mr Tusk told a news conference.</p>
<p>Finance minister Andrzej Domanski said that the defence spending proposal would constitute 4.7% of gross domestic product, compared to 4.2% this year, which already makes Poland a leader in Nato and in the European Union.</p>
<p>The current proposal would break the previous defence spending record of 159 billion zlotys (£31.1 billion) in the 2024 budget.</p>
<p>Mr Tusk said it will be a budget of “construction and force” and will contribute to reinforcing Poland’s security, which also includes the country’s sensitive energy security.</p>
<p>Poland, which supports Ukraine’s struggle against Russia’s full-scale invasion, is making large purchases of military equipment, including fighters jets, tanks and missile defence systems from the US and South Korea.</p>
<p>About 4.6 billion zlotys (£902 million) has also been earmarked toward the construction of Poland’s first nuclear plant, which is expected to be operational in northern Poland in 2035.</p>
<p>Mr Tusk said work to prepare the necessary infrastructure was about to begin.</p>
<p>Poland has been taking strides in recent years to cut its dependence on energy sources coming from Russia, such as gas and oil.</p>
<p>Poland’s economic growth is expected to be 3.9% next year, compared to 3.1% in 2024.</p>
<p>An inflation rate of 5% is expected, up from some 4% this year. The deficit will reach 289 billion zlotys (£56.7 billion) Mr Domanski said.</p>
<p>The budget plan will be debated with the trade unions and needs approval from Poland’s legislators as well as President Andrzej Duda.</p>
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