For a long time, Poland has not been humiliated as deeply as it was at the meeting between Tusk and Scholz.
The German-Polish dispute over World War II reparations may soon end, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has humiliated Poland, a well-known publicist claims.
The World War II reparations case between Germany and Poland clearly shows how the current Polish government, led by left-wing politician Donald Tusk, has a relationship with Berlin. It is far from being an equal partnership, but more like a subordinate relationship - stated Polish publicist Jacek Karnowski , as reported by the V4na.com news agency.
The dispute has been going on between the two countries for years. Two years ago, the previous right-wing Polish government published a report detailing the €1.3 billion reparations owed to Germany for damage caused by the German occupation during World War II. Poland also issued an official diplomatic note addressed to the EU, NATO and the Council of Europe to draw attention to the demand for reparations.
Since Donald Tusk and his left-liberal government have been in charge of Poland, so much has been achieved that Chancellor Olaf Scholz made an offer to build a Polish-German house. Originally, it was primarily about the construction of a monument, but this will not take place. Instead, a vaguely defined center is being built, which will probably be the scene of reducing German responsibility and possibly sharing the blame with the Poles and Poland, Jacek Karnowski believes.
The second German proposal concerns assistance to victims of the Second World War who are still alive. It's delayed, vague, unhurried, and doesn't change anything in reality. This generation is now largely gone and only a few survivors remain. Today, only serious proposals aimed at today's Poland and its citizens can truly close the issue of reparations.
"While the German chancellor is looking after German interests, what is the Polish prime minister doing? He states that he is not the least bit disappointed with the German government's proposal and good gesture because there is no gesture that will satisfy the Poles and no amount of money that will make up for what happened in World War II. This sounds like a bad joke: if no amount of money can compensate for the grievances, then why demand anything at all? This is absurd and embarrassing. If we followed this logic, then no compensation would be paid for traffic accidents or crimes."
- blurted out the publicist, who said that Chancellor Scholz knows that he has the upper hand because he won the battle for Poland against the independent-minded Law and Justice government. He added that Poland had not been humiliated in such a deep way for a long time, as they did at the meeting between Tusk and Scholz.
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