Poland wants to strengthen the military potential of the European Union

The Polish army must be in a state of constant combat readiness due to the country’s geopolitical position. This was stated for the national news portal RMF24 by the former deputy chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, General Leon Komornicki.

,,We must demonstrate constant vigilance and be ready to immediately deploy military units. This is about our security in the middle’’, he said.

To achieve such a goal, Komornicki believes, universal conscription must be introduced. However, the general stressed that the current model does not provide 24/7 combat readiness, since many military units operate on the basis of a ,,civilian program’’.

In turn, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski proposed the creation of a multinational brigade, financed directly from the European Union (EU) budget, instead of a full-fledged army. He came up with the idea upon his arrival in Brussels for a meeting of EU foreign ministers.

,,We could create what I call an European Legion, meaning, for a start, a brigade-sized unit that could be joined by citizens of member states’’, Sikorski said. He added that this unit should report to the EU Foreign Affairs Council and have proper rules of engagement.

The Polish minister rejected talk of a federal army, proposing instead a concrete military project in the form of a brigade.