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Prime Minister Donald Tusk previously mentioned the need to prepare the state for the pre-war period.
The Polish Ministry of Defense is working on a bill on the country's defense preparedness. This was reported by Rzeczpospolita with reference to sources.
According to the publication, the Ministry of Defense has developed a draft of this law, and it is now at the stage of interdepartmental discussions. It is noted that until recently the title of the bill contained the phrase “on the state’s readiness for defense in conditions of war.”
“This is the preparation of the state for the pre-war period, which [Polish Prime Minister Donald] Tusk spoke about some time ago,” says a source close to the president’s office.

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