Poland boosts security agencies budgets
Poland's government has allocated additional funding for its secret service agencies as part of a broader effort to strengthen national security, Minister-Coordinator of Special Services Tomasz Siemoniak has announced.
He said that Prime Minister Donald Tusk had decided to channel the extra funds, still in 2025, to the Internal Security Agency (ABW) and the Intelligence Agency (AW) from the general reserves.
"The ABW received PLN 70 million (EUR 16.5 million) for modern equipment, the purchase of modern technologies, and current and capital expenditures. The AW received an additional PLN 40 million (EUR 9.4 million) to increase its operating fund," Siemoniak reported on the X platform on Wednesday.
Premier @donaldtusk zdecydował o dofinansowaniu z rezerwy ogólnej jeszcze w 2025 roku Agencji Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego i Agencji Wywiadu. ABW otrzymała 70 mln zł na doposażenie w nowoczesny sprzęt, zakup nowoczesnych technologii, wydatki bieżące oraz majątkowe. AW - dodatkowe… pic.twitter.com/D92T6Ndhl7
— Tomasz Siemoniak (@TomaszSiemoniak) October 22, 2025
He attached to his post a scan of the cabinet's two resolutions of October 16 this year.
The ABW will be able to use the additional funding to buy specialised modern technology and IT equipment, cryptographic and encryption systems, modern technologies for computer forensics and other necessary materials.
In its 2026 draft budget, submitted to the Sejm, the lower house, in late September, the Polish government had proposed allocating PLN 1.32 billion (EUR 312 million) for the ABW and PLN 442 million (EUR 104 million) for the AW.
At its last meeting, the Sejm Special Services Committee unanimously issued a negative opinion on the draft budget for next year for these two agencies, and concluded that the spending levels outlined in the government's proposal do not ensure their proper functioning, which poses a threat to national security.
The committee requested an increase in spending by PLN 246 million (EUR 58 million) for the ABW and PLN 229 million (EUR 54 million) for the AW. MPs proposed reallocating the extra funds from the portion earmarked in general and specific reserves for the implementation of projects co-financed by the European Union.
At the same time, the committee approved the planned expenditures for the remaining three special service agencies – the Military Counterintelligence Service (SKW), the Military Intelligence Service (SWW), and the Central Anticorruption Bureau (CBA). (PAP)
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