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May 18, 2026

Poland's Onshore Wind Sector Sees a €50 Billion Prize by 2040

Poland could become a European manufacturing hub for onshore wind, with the sector worth PLN 214 billion by 2040 — but only if Warsaw maintains a stable pipeline of new capacity and fixes the turbine technology gap.

News & Analysis

May 18, 2026

Poland Will Service Europe's Abrams Tanks. The Rest of NATO Will Send Theirs to Dęblin.

A 300 million zloty deal between WZL-1 and Honeywell creates Europe's only Abrams tank engine service centre — making Poland an indispensable node in NATO's defence logistics at a complicated moment for transatlantic relations.

News & Analysis

May 18, 2026

Europe Is Spending Billions on Rearmament. Bruegel Says It's Spending Them Wrong.

A new Bruegel policy brief finds that Europe's fragmented defence procurement is inflating costs and creating strategic gaps. Its proposed fix — a European Defence Mechanism modelled on the ESM — would centralise joint buying and cut unit costs by up to half.