{"id":5468,"date":"2026-06-23T21:49:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/presidential-spokesman-denies-nawrockis-shift-on-safe-accuses-government-of-manipulation\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T21:49:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:49:35","slug":"presidential-spokesman-denies-nawrockis-shift-on-safe-accuses-government-of-manipulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/presidential-spokesman-denies-nawrockis-shift-on-safe-accuses-government-of-manipulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Spokesman Denies Nawrocki\u2019s Shift on SAFE, Accuses Government of Manipulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, June 23, presidential spokesperson Rafa\u0142 Le\u015bkiewicz refuted claims that Karol Nawrocki has changed his stance on the SAFE program, labeling government-circulated clips of the President\u2019s remarks as misleading.<\/p>\n<h4>Clarification of the Presidential Stance<\/h4>\n<p>During an interview with Radio ZET on Tuesday, Rafa\u0142 Le\u015bkiewicz denied that President Nawrocki had changed his position regarding the European Union&#8217;s SAFE program. He emphasized that the President maintains his belief that the proposed &#8220;Polish SAFE 0%&#8221; project is a significantly better alternative.<\/p>\n<h4>Accusations of Digital Manipulation<\/h4>\n<p>Le\u015bkiewicz criticized Prime Minister Donald Tusk\u2019s recent social media activity, asserting that the Prime Minister is &#8220;weak at internet editing.&#8221; The spokesman noted that the video clip shared by the Prime Minister omitted critical context regarding the President&#8217;s legislative proposal. He dismissed the government&#8217;s narrative as a laughable manipulation.<\/p>\n<h4>Context of the Poland Future Summit<\/h4>\n<p>In a Monday address at the Poland Future Summit, Nawrocki discussed the necessity of providing support to the Polish defense industry. He expressed his belief that the parliamentary majority would eventually adopt his proposals, which are currently formulated under the framework of the &#8220;Polish SAFE 0%&#8221; bill.<\/p>\n<h4>Background on the SAFE Dispute<\/h4>\n<p>The controversy stems from the President&#8217;s March veto of legislation designed to implement the EU&#8217;s SAFE program, which provides low-interest loans for military procurement. While the government subsequently secured agreements for funding, Nawrocki countered with his own project, the Polish Defense Investment Fund. The government has consistently questioned the viability of the funding source proposed by the President\u2014the profits of the National Bank of Poland\u2014which remains a central point of political friction.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, June 23, presidential spokesperson Rafa\u0142 Le\u015bkiewicz refuted claims that Karol Nawrocki has changed his stance on the SAFE program, labeling government-circulated clips of the President\u2019s remarks as misleading. Clarification of the Presidential Stance During an interview with Radio ZET on Tuesday, Rafa\u0142 Le\u015bkiewicz denied that President Nawrocki had changed his position regarding the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-and-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}