[Cronos]

Total military expenditure in Europe reached more than €738bn in 2025, up 14 percent from 2024 and again a record high. Over the decade from 2016 to 2025, spending across the continent doubled.

European countries should be spending for their own defence. President Trump has pushed them hard to do this.

[ZOOKER]

The graph spells it out --- Poland's military spending increased all right.

Is it coincidence that it increased within 1% of Germany's increase? Germany, the country that has vowed to once again have the largest army in Europe?

Poland was invaded by Germany from one side and Russia from the other at the beginning of WWII. That threat still exists. Now add a new threat, from Muslim invasion as well. NATO is weak and getting weaker.

Can you blame Poland for wanting a stronger defense? Seems wise to me.