Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski threatened that Warsaw may reconsider its annual payment of $50 million for Elon Musk's Starlink network, due to new roaming restrictions that will affect Polish users at the end of this month.

"Elon, stop discriminating against Polish Starlink users, otherwise we may reconsider paying $50 million per year for your services," Sikorski wrote on X.

The Foreign Minister's anger came after Starlink's decision to exclude Poland from the common European roaming area, which includes more than 30 countries, including Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Lithuania.

Users within this area can transport their terminals across borders without activating restrictions for international use. However, Polish users will now face additional restrictions when traveling.

Polish Minister for Digital Affairs, Krzysztof Gawkowski, also criticized Musk, accusing Starlink's parent company, SpaceX, of treating Poles as second-rate users and demanding explanations for the regulatory basis for this change.

"Poland is not a second-hand market. Polish users are not second-hand users," Gawkowski wrote on X.

The new rules apply to new users who register with Starlink from July 14, 2026, while from August 17 they will also apply to existing Polish users.

This is not the first time Sikorski and Musk have clashed over the Starlink issue. Last year, Musk told the Polish minister to "shut up" after Sikorski warned that Warsaw could seek alternative providers of the satellite services Poland funds for Ukraine. /Telegraph/

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