US EditionTusk hails relations with Germany after Merz talks but urges Berlin to "hurry up" with WW2 compensation
Polish PM Tusk urges Germany to expedite support for 50,000 surviving WWII victims and address unresolved historical grievances amid strengthened security ties.
- On Monday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk hailed exceptionally good relations with Germany after bilateral consultations in Berlin with Chancellor Friedrich Merz, urging Berlin to hurry on a pledge to support surviving Polish victims made last year.
- The roots lie in a PiS-era $1.3 trillion reparations demand as Poland's former Law and Justice government submitted the claim, while Berlin regards the issue as closed since 1950s legal settlements.
- Concrete actions include cultural restitution and plans for a defence pact as Germany returns 73 medieval documents looted WWII cultural property and ministers draft a defence policy agreement to finalise in 2026.
- With survivors down from 60,000 to 50,000, Donald Tusk, Polish Prime Minister, warned Poland may pay surviving Polish victims of the Nazi-German occupation itself next year if Germany delays.
- Merz reiterated Berlin's refusal to pay reparations, stressing Germany's longstanding reparations position while both leaders emphasised Ukraine support and aiming for Europe to be 100% independent of Russian energy.
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk asked the German government to provide as soon as possible support to the surviving victims of Poland's German occupation during the second world war, inform Dpa, quoted by Agerpres.
Has Germany done enough to right the wrongs it caused to Poles during World War II? This question still weighs heavily on relations between the two countries, as was also evident during a joint session of the Polish and German governments in Berlin.
The German-Polish wartime past remains a diplomatic point of contention between the two countries. During his visit to Berlin, Polish Prime Minister Tusk increased the pressure on Chancellor Merz.
Poland is urging the German government to quickly implement compensation for surviving victims. "Hurry up if you really want to make this gesture..." The post "Hurry up": Polish Prime Minister Tusk demands compensation for victims of Nazi crimes appeared first on Apollo News.
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