Eastern Shield

19.3.2025

Priority question for written answer  P-001157/2025/rev.1
to the Commission
Rule 144
Anna Bryłka (PfE)

At a press conference in Brussels on 28 June 2024, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that he had obtained European leaders’ agreement for EU co-financing of defence efforts as part of the East Shield. In February, he reported that the decision to allocate EUR 100 million to Poland had already been taken in December 2024.

In connection with the above, could the Commission answer the following questions:

• 1.What is the decision-making process for the allocation of funds for the East Shield project? In your answer, please indicate the deadlines and scope of the application submitted by Poland, as well as the current and anticipated steps in the Commission’s decision‑making process.
• 2.From which sources (transfers in the general budget, loans, national envelope, existing funds, projected funds, etc.) does the Commission intend to finance the implementation of this project?

Submitted: 19.3.2025