“Donald Tusk gives the impression of a German representative of the EU in Poland. There is not a moment when we could hear him say that a particular decision is not in Poland’s interest. Donald Tusk never said that,” says Prof. Zdzisław Krasnodębski, PiS Member of the European Parliament.
wPolityce.pl: A note from the conversation between Donald Tusk and Angela Merkel confirms your repeated assertion that the former prime minister acted in the interest of Germany?
Prof. Zdzisław Krasnodebski, PiS member: The document confirms the verging on certainty opinion that Donald Tusk consulted all strategic decisions with Angela Merkel. In this case, we have a clear trace in the included document that this was the case. If you carefully follow his foreign policy and remember all the close contacts between Angela Merkel and Donald Tusk and remember that it was she who promoted him to head of the European Council, then everything indicates that such consultations took place with every decision. I would like to see more such notes made public. I do not know if they survived, but probably after the news of the disaster in Smolensk, such consultations had to take place.
Donald Tusk consulted with Angela Merkel after the Smolensk disaster?
Yes of course. She was not so much the main ally as the protector of Donald Tusk. She was consulted on both foreign and domestic policy. We have this confirmation. The decision to raise the retirement age was a very controversial one; raising the retirement age for women was very drastic. Nevertheless, Angela Merkel’s point of view was important here.
What is striking about this note is Donald Tusk’s words that Poland “meets the criteria” for raising the retirement age demographically, as if he was happy that we could join the Western group and do what Brussels and Berlin want . Was this also the case in other cases?
This is a policy that, as you know, is coordinated by the European Union. The EU has no competence in the field of social policy, it is about criteria and a common pension concept that would facilitate decision-making processes in the Member States. This memo shows Donald Tusk’s mindset: Angela Merkel should be consulted, and she has also given direction to European policy. In this campaign two visions of Poland collide, here the vision of a subservient country that must meet the conditions set by Germany is visible. Here we can see the identification of the EU interest with the German, and the Polish interest with the German and, further on, the EU interest.
And is that why Angela Merkel supported Donald Tusk as head of the European Council? Because he agreed with the right decisions she made?
We had the height of German influence in Poland. No other prime minister, regardless of political camp, was so subservient and so willing to pursue foreign interests. Donald Tusk gives the impression of a German representative of the EU in Poland. There is not a moment when we could hear him say that a particular decision is not in Poland’s interest. Donald Tusk never said that.
Were there other decisions that could have been inspired by Berlin?
The whole of Europe has been plunged into an energy crisis by Germany’s misguided decisions, and there is no reflection here. The issue of the anti-missile shield and Tusk’s attitude towards the United States and its presence in Europe grew out of German policy. Donald Tusk fit this philosophy perfectly. If you know exactly how German politicians thought at the time and looked at Tusk’s policies, it translated 1:1.
Donald Tusk only said that it was a mistake not to explain this matter to the Poles. Don’t ask for their opinion, don’t consider another decision.
Donald Tusk could not tell the Poles the truth. He could not say that he was pursuing Angela Merkel’s interests. Nor could he say that he had pursued a reset policy with Russia. To this day, he maintains that nothing of the sort happened. The European People’s Party sent Tusk with its blessing and the wish that Donald Tusk would take power in Poland. I would add that the EPP aims to deepen the influence of the EU on Member States’ decisions. I think shortly after the election, if PO wins, we will return to the same policy. God forbid!
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Source: wPolityce