“The issue of large investments, EU treaties, reparations – all this shows that the Polish raison d’être is not taken into account in the policies of the current government,” Małgorzata Żaryn emphasized in “Salon Dziennikarski” on Telewizja in Poland, referring to the statements of Donald Tusk and Radosław Sikorski on the issue of reparations from Germany to Poland.
The Tusk government’s tricks around reparations
The German media welcomed the lack of a decisive response from Prime Minister Donald Tusk regarding Poland receiving reparations.
In a formal and legal sense, the issue of reparations has been closed for years, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday in Berlin after a meeting with the Chancellor.
The issue of moral, financial and material compensation was never realized
– quotes the Polish Prime Minister dpa.
German media note that Donald Tusk and Scholz will seek forms of cooperation that will not make the historical past the main issue for Polish-German relations.
Radosław Sikorski, in turn, argued on neoTVP that the Germans will “figure out” how to respond to compensation for crimes committed during the Second World War.
Germany admits that it owes a moral debt to Poland. We strive to ensure that this sense of guilt finds its material expression. Since PiS has not solved anything for eight years, we think that the Germans now have to figure out how to restore moral order, restore the Poles’ feeling that the Germans are sorry and want to do something about it.
– said the head of Polish diplomacy.
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The Polish raison d’etre doesn’t matter?
Małgorzata Żaryn emphasized in “Salon Dziennikarski” that Tusk’s government does not respect the Polish cause of state.
Observing the policies of the Tusk government, such a conclusion comes to mind. Starting with the Windmill Act: it was in the interest of the German state, or at least it looked like it was an obligation that had to be fulfilled. Tusk decided to keep this promise, KO submitted a bill, but fortunately it was rejected. But I understand that it was an argument towards the clients: I tried it, but it didn’t work. I am loyal and keep my promises. Perhaps I am exaggerating with the interpretation, but in general the issue of large investments, EU treaties, all this indicates that the Polish raison d’être is not taken into account in the policies of the current government.
– said the publicist.
Stanisław Janecki recalled that in 2004, on the eve of the adoption of the resolution on the sustainability of Poland’s demands for compensation, Tusk gave a speech in the Sejm, where he said he dreamed of a Europe without claims.
That is, one that doesn’t have this problem. He then had to support this parliamentary resolution before the elections. There were trials of people who once lived in the so-called regained land and wanted to expel Poles from this land. The Polish courts at the time even granted them the right to do so
– Janecki noted.
In 2022, on September 15, Tusk appeared in Potsdam as a eulogist for Kiev Mayor Klitschko, and there he agreed with Scholz’s idea that it should be toned down and talk about the nation’s right to compensation. And the best way to solve this problem is to help Ukraine. This was formalized in Sikorski’s statements, which went even further. His final statement is that we have already done our part, let’s leave it to the Germans. Let’s wait and see what they propose. And the Germans will, as always, offer something small
– added the columnist of the weekly magazine “Sieci”.
Recovery report
Krzysztof Skowroński, in turn, said that Tusk’s claim that the issue of reparations was closed from a formal and legal point of view applied to Germany.
On the other hand, there was moral compensation. And such a ‘something’ could be, for example, the reconstruction of the Saxon palace, or something else. Then Tusk’s signature will formally be found somewhere, so that he will think that he has closed the issue of compensation, reparations or compensation forever.
– said the journalist.
Skowroński emphasized that “without the political decision of MP Mularczyk and PiS to demand reparations, this topic would not have appeared in the discourse between Poland and Germany at all.”
These three major sections on German crimes and damage will stand out
– said the head of the SDP.
Mularczyk sent this report to several thousand institutions and people around the world. Starting with the UN. Fall exercises Rock. Many people learned for the first time about the extent of German crimes. There is no longer the sweet image of the Wehrmacht, a Germany that paid everything for dealing with Israel
– Stanisław Janecki added.
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Source: wPolityce