BIG: Poland signed a €43.7 billion EU loan agreement, becoming the first member state to finalize a deal under the bloc's new €150 billion SAFE defense financing program, securing by far the largest single allocation.
Warsaw immediately receives a 15% advance (~€6.5 billion), with all funds to be spent by 2030 on air defense, anti-drone systems, artillery, ammunition, and the Eastern Shield border fortification, with ~89% directed to Polish defense industry.