Poland's centrist government on Friday unveiled a "Plan B" for financing the modernisation of its military and arms industry, after nationalist President Karol Nawrocki's veto of nearly 44 billion euros in European loans.
Lawmakers in Poland, the largest country on NATO's eastern flank, last month backed the Security Action For Europe (SAFE) scheme, as war rages in neighbouring Ukraine.
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