Overview
- President Karol Nawrocki said in a televised interview that Poland should move toward joining a “nuclear project” in response to the threat from Russia.
- Warsaw has announced no program or timetable to build nuclear warheads, and Nawrocki said any steps would respect international regulations.
- As a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty signatory, Poland would need to quit the pact to pursue its own arsenal, steering policymakers toward hosting allied weapons or seeking French protection.
- The comments surface as Germany’s Friedrich Merz discusses a European deterrent with Emmanuel Macron and as Poland revisits earlier ideas to host U.S. tactical nuclear weapons.
- Russia issued a sharp warning through a senior Duma lawmaker after previously deploying tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus in 2023, heightening eastern-flank tensions.