Poland To Germany Pay Political

At a time when the European Union’s attention is on preventing Russia from conquering Ukraine, Poland is rekindling a conflict from the past — with the country’s de facto ruler calling on Germany to pay 6.2 trillion zlotys (1 .3 trillion euros) in reparations for the 1939-1945 occupation. “This is our goal,” Jarosław Kaczyński, the head of the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, said on the 83rd anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland. “I know we are entering a road that will take a long time and will not be easy. We do not promise quick successes,” Kaczyński said at a press conference to publicize a report prepared by Law and Justice. Poland was devastated by German invasion and occupation, with an estimated 6 million deaths — one-fifth of the population (including almost all of its Jewish people). Warsaw was left a smoking ruin. Thursday’s press conference was held at Warsaw’s royal castle, a building that was destroyed during the war and rebuilt only in the 1970s. “The Germans invaded Poland and did us a lot of damage. The occupation was extremely criminal, incredibly cruel and produced results that in many cases continue to this day,” Kaczyński said. But Poland’s post-war communist government – a satellite of the USSR – agreed to drop reparations claims against East Germany in 1953, making it legally complicated for Warsaw to make any claims. Poland also gained large territories from Germany after the war, while losing about a third of the territory of pre-war Poland to the Soviet Union. “The position of the Federal Government remains unchanged, the issue of reparations is closed,” the German foreign ministry said. “Poland renounced further reparations a long time ago, in 1953, and has confirmed this renunciation several times. This is an essential basis for the current European order. Germany rests politically and morally on its responsibility for the Second World War.” The ruins of Warsaw after its occupation by German forces in the 1940s | Central Press/Getty Images “There is no possibility of reparations,” Radoslaw Sikorski, a member of the European Parliament from the opposition Civic Platform party and a former Polish foreign minister, said in a radio interview, warning that the only impact would be a worsening of relations between Warsaw and Berlin. . “It’s pure propaganda, a fairy tale for the gullible.” Donald Tusk, the leader of the Citizens’ Platform and former Polish prime minister and president of the European Council, accused Kaczynski of playing politics with his request. “This is not reparations from Germany, this is a political campaign,” he said. “Jarosław Kaczyński does not hide it, that they want to rebuild support for the ruling party with this anti-German campaign.” PiS hopes to win an unprecedented third term in power in next year’s parliamentary elections. Although the party still leads in opinion polls, it is losing ground to the opposition as the country faces high inflation, slowing economic growth and soaring energy prices. Kaczyński has long seen Germany as Poland’s historic enemy, despite the fact that both countries are in NATO and the EU, and Germany is by far Poland’s largest trading partner. He suspects that Berlin is using the EU as a cover to “build the Fourth Reich”. Poland’s relationship with Germany has received further abuse thanks to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Warsaw has been one of Kiev’s most enthusiastic supporters, sending money and weapons to Ukraine, while leading the charge to cut off Russian energy imports and ban Russian tourists from visiting the continent. Berlin’s reluctance to move quickly in the same direction has angered the Poles. Kaczyński’s request is not yet official government policy and Warsaw has not made any official request to Berlin. “We are obliged today to calculate these losses as accurately as possible and present a proper bill to those who owe it,” said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Berlin believes that the 1990 agreement that allowed West and East Germany to unite ended all outstanding issues related to the war and rejects demands for reparations. Germany has paid compensation to individual Holocaust victims and people forced to work as slave laborers, but not to other countries. Greece has an outstanding claim estimated at 289 billion euros, but the German parliament found it to have no legal value. Wilhelmine Preussen contributed reporting. This article has been updated with comments from the German Foreign Ministry.

title: “Poland To Germany Pay Political Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-24” author: “Peggy Talkington”

At a time when the European Union’s attention is on preventing Russia from conquering Ukraine, Poland is rekindling a conflict from the past — with the country’s de facto ruler calling on Germany to pay 6.2 trillion zlotys (1 .3 trillion euros) in reparations for the 1939-1945 occupation. “This is our goal,” Jarosław Kaczyński, the head of the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, said on the 83rd anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland. “I know we are entering a road that will take a long time and will not be easy. We do not promise quick successes,” Kaczyński said at a press conference to publicize a report prepared by Law and Justice. Poland was devastated by German invasion and occupation, with an estimated 6 million deaths — one-fifth of the population (including almost all of its Jewish people). Warsaw was left a smoking ruin. Thursday’s press conference was held at Warsaw’s royal castle, a building that was destroyed during the war and rebuilt only in the 1970s. “The Germans invaded Poland and did us a lot of damage. The occupation was extremely criminal, incredibly cruel and produced results that in many cases continue to this day,” Kaczyński said. But Poland’s post-war communist government – a satellite of the USSR – agreed to drop reparations claims against East Germany in 1953, making it legally complicated for Warsaw to make any claims. Poland also gained large territories from Germany after the war, while losing about a third of the territory of pre-war Poland to the Soviet Union. “The position of the Federal Government remains unchanged, the issue of reparations is closed,” the German foreign ministry said. “Poland renounced further reparations a long time ago, in 1953, and has confirmed this renunciation several times. This is an essential basis for the current European order. Germany rests politically and morally on its responsibility for the Second World War.” The ruins of Warsaw after its occupation by German forces in the 1940s | Central Press/Getty Images “There is no possibility of reparations,” Radoslaw Sikorski, a member of the European Parliament from the opposition Civic Platform party and a former Polish foreign minister, said in a radio interview, warning that the only impact would be a worsening of relations between Warsaw and Berlin. . “It’s pure propaganda, a fairy tale for the gullible.” Donald Tusk, the leader of the Citizens’ Platform and former Polish prime minister and president of the European Council, accused Kaczynski of playing politics with his request. “This is not reparations from Germany, this is a political campaign,” he said. “Jarosław Kaczyński does not hide it, that they want to rebuild support for the ruling party with this anti-German campaign.” PiS hopes to win an unprecedented third term in power in next year’s parliamentary elections. Although the party still leads in opinion polls, it is losing ground to the opposition as the country faces high inflation, slowing economic growth and soaring energy prices. Kaczyński has long seen Germany as Poland’s historic enemy, despite the fact that both countries are in NATO and the EU, and Germany is by far Poland’s largest trading partner. He suspects that Berlin is using the EU as a cover to “build the Fourth Reich”. Poland’s relationship with Germany has received further abuse thanks to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Warsaw has been one of Kiev’s most enthusiastic supporters, sending money and weapons to Ukraine, while leading the charge to cut off Russian energy imports and ban Russian tourists from visiting the continent. Berlin’s reluctance to move quickly in the same direction has angered the Poles. Kaczyński’s request is not yet official government policy and Warsaw has not made any official request to Berlin. “We are obliged today to calculate these losses as accurately as possible and present a proper bill to those who owe it,” said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Berlin believes that the 1990 agreement that allowed West and East Germany to unite ended all outstanding issues related to the war and rejects demands for reparations. Germany has paid compensation to individual Holocaust victims and people forced to work as slave laborers, but not to other countries. Greece has an outstanding claim estimated at 289 billion euros, but the German parliament found it to have no legal value. Wilhelmine Preussen contributed reporting. This article has been updated with comments from the German Foreign Ministry.

title: “Poland To Germany Pay Political Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-27” author: “Ivonne Becker”

At a time when the European Union’s attention is on preventing Russia from conquering Ukraine, Poland is rekindling a conflict from the past — with the country’s de facto ruler calling on Germany to pay 6.2 trillion zlotys (1 .3 trillion euros) in reparations for the 1939-1945 occupation. “This is our goal,” Jarosław Kaczyński, the head of the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, said on the 83rd anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland. “I know we are entering a road that will take a long time and will not be easy. We do not promise quick successes,” Kaczyński said at a press conference to publicize a report prepared by Law and Justice. Poland was devastated by German invasion and occupation, with an estimated 6 million deaths — one-fifth of the population (including almost all of its Jewish people). Warsaw was left a smoking ruin. Thursday’s press conference was held at Warsaw’s royal castle, a building that was destroyed during the war and rebuilt only in the 1970s. “The Germans invaded Poland and did us a lot of damage. The occupation was extremely criminal, incredibly cruel and produced results that in many cases continue to this day,” Kaczyński said. But Poland’s post-war communist government – a satellite of the USSR – agreed to drop reparations claims against East Germany in 1953, making it legally complicated for Warsaw to make any claims. Poland also gained large territories from Germany after the war, while losing about a third of the territory of pre-war Poland to the Soviet Union. “The position of the Federal Government remains unchanged, the issue of reparations is closed,” the German foreign ministry said. “Poland renounced further reparations a long time ago, in 1953, and has confirmed this renunciation several times. This is an essential basis for the current European order. Germany rests politically and morally on its responsibility for the Second World War.” The ruins of Warsaw after its occupation by German forces in the 1940s | Central Press/Getty Images “There is no possibility of reparations,” Radoslaw Sikorski, a member of the European Parliament from the opposition Civic Platform party and a former Polish foreign minister, said in a radio interview, warning that the only impact would be a worsening of relations between Warsaw and Berlin. . “It’s pure propaganda, a fairy tale for the gullible.” Donald Tusk, the leader of the Citizens’ Platform and former Polish prime minister and president of the European Council, accused Kaczynski of playing politics with his request. “This is not reparations from Germany, this is a political campaign,” he said. “Jarosław Kaczyński does not hide it, that they want to rebuild support for the ruling party with this anti-German campaign.” PiS hopes to win an unprecedented third term in power in next year’s parliamentary elections. Although the party still leads in opinion polls, it is losing ground to the opposition as the country faces high inflation, slowing economic growth and soaring energy prices. Kaczyński has long seen Germany as Poland’s historic enemy, despite the fact that both countries are in NATO and the EU, and Germany is by far Poland’s largest trading partner. He suspects that Berlin is using the EU as a cover to “build the Fourth Reich”. Poland’s relationship with Germany has received further abuse thanks to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Warsaw has been one of Kiev’s most enthusiastic supporters, sending money and weapons to Ukraine, while leading the charge to cut off Russian energy imports and ban Russian tourists from visiting the continent. Berlin’s reluctance to move quickly in the same direction has angered the Poles. Kaczyński’s request is not yet official government policy and Warsaw has not made any official request to Berlin. “We are obliged today to calculate these losses as accurately as possible and present a proper bill to those who owe it,” said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Berlin believes that the 1990 agreement that allowed West and East Germany to unite ended all outstanding issues related to the war and rejects demands for reparations. Germany has paid compensation to individual Holocaust victims and people forced to work as slave laborers, but not to other countries. Greece has an outstanding claim estimated at 289 billion euros, but the German parliament found it to have no legal value. Wilhelmine Preussen contributed reporting. This article has been updated with comments from the German Foreign Ministry.

title: “Poland To Germany Pay Political Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-16” author: “Silvia Santos”

At a time when the European Union’s attention is on preventing Russia from conquering Ukraine, Poland is rekindling a conflict from the past — with the country’s de facto ruler calling on Germany to pay 6.2 trillion zlotys (1 .3 trillion euros) in reparations for the 1939-1945 occupation. “This is our goal,” Jarosław Kaczyński, the head of the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, said on the 83rd anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland. “I know we are entering a road that will take a long time and will not be easy. We do not promise quick successes,” Kaczyński said at a press conference to publicize a report prepared by Law and Justice. Poland was devastated by German invasion and occupation, with an estimated 6 million deaths — one-fifth of the population (including almost all of its Jewish people). Warsaw was left a smoking ruin. Thursday’s press conference was held at Warsaw’s royal castle, a building that was destroyed during the war and rebuilt only in the 1970s. “The Germans invaded Poland and did us a lot of damage. The occupation was extremely criminal, incredibly cruel and produced results that in many cases continue to this day,” Kaczyński said. But Poland’s post-war communist government – a satellite of the USSR – agreed to drop reparations claims against East Germany in 1953, making it legally complicated for Warsaw to make any claims. Poland also gained large territories from Germany after the war, while losing about a third of the territory of pre-war Poland to the Soviet Union. “The position of the Federal Government remains unchanged, the issue of reparations is closed,” the German foreign ministry said. “Poland renounced further reparations a long time ago, in 1953, and has confirmed this renunciation several times. This is an essential basis for the current European order. Germany rests politically and morally on its responsibility for the Second World War.” The ruins of Warsaw after its occupation by German forces in the 1940s | Central Press/Getty Images “There is no possibility of reparations,” Radoslaw Sikorski, a member of the European Parliament from the opposition Civic Platform party and a former Polish foreign minister, said in a radio interview, warning that the only impact would be a worsening of relations between Warsaw and Berlin. . “It’s pure propaganda, a fairy tale for the gullible.” Donald Tusk, the leader of the Citizens’ Platform and former Polish prime minister and president of the European Council, accused Kaczynski of playing politics with his request. “This is not reparations from Germany, this is a political campaign,” he said. “Jarosław Kaczyński does not hide it, that they want to rebuild support for the ruling party with this anti-German campaign.” PiS hopes to win an unprecedented third term in power in next year’s parliamentary elections. Although the party still leads in opinion polls, it is losing ground to the opposition as the country faces high inflation, slowing economic growth and soaring energy prices. Kaczyński has long seen Germany as Poland’s historic enemy, despite the fact that both countries are in NATO and the EU, and Germany is by far Poland’s largest trading partner. He suspects that Berlin is using the EU as a cover to “build the Fourth Reich”. Poland’s relationship with Germany has received further abuse thanks to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Warsaw has been one of Kiev’s most enthusiastic supporters, sending money and weapons to Ukraine, while leading the charge to cut off Russian energy imports and ban Russian tourists from visiting the continent. Berlin’s reluctance to move quickly in the same direction has angered the Poles. Kaczyński’s request is not yet official government policy and Warsaw has not made any official request to Berlin. “We are obliged today to calculate these losses as accurately as possible and present a proper bill to those who owe it,” said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Berlin believes that the 1990 agreement that allowed West and East Germany to unite ended all outstanding issues related to the war and rejects demands for reparations. Germany has paid compensation to individual Holocaust victims and people forced to work as slave laborers, but not to other countries. Greece has an outstanding claim estimated at 289 billion euros, but the German parliament found it to have no legal value. Wilhelmine Preussen contributed reporting. This article has been updated with comments from the German Foreign Ministry.