The analyst called Duda's idea to raise defense spending as a way to attract voters

“This is all being done within the framework of the elections to the European Parliament. There is a fierce struggle for votes

between President Duda and Prime Minister (Donald -

) Tusk; these are two centers of power, and naturally, each of them is trying to raise their ratings with the help of Russophobia and escalating the threat to Russia,” explained RT’s interlocutor.

In his opinion, this is largely an “internal Polish affair”, designed to attract votes and raise the patriotic spirit.

Commenting on the possibility of raising defense spending to 3% of GDP, the expert explained that most countries are doing this “reluctantly.”

He cited the example of Holland, which has not yet raised the level to 2%, although it is participating in the armament of Ukraine “to the fullest extent.”

“There are questions, for example, to the neighboring Czech Republic. There, of course, the frostbitten Russophobe (Peter. -

) Fiala is at the head of the government, but if he raises it to 3%, he is guaranteed to lose the elections. Most likely, this will be done by the Baltic countries, perhaps it will be Romania, although there are questions here. Perhaps it will be Croatia, Albania... The question with Canada is 50/50, that it will do it, Britain will most likely do it, the US figure is already higher, so why raise it here,” the specialist noted.

According to his forecast, most EU and NATO countries, at least until the elections to the European Parliament, will not do this.

Earlier, Duda sent a letter to the leaders of NATO member countries with a proposal to increase defense spending to 3% of GDP.