"Putting power in Poland to change"
“Alas, Zelenski put it on Tusk and Germany,” tells me with disheartening honesty 1 of the politicians of PiS erstwhile I ask him about what happened that it is hard to find anyone in the organization who He would have defended the Ukrainian president after a fresh disturbance in the White House.
Former Minister of Education and discipline Przemysław Black even said Zelenski in Washington behaved like a fool. Others repeat Donald Trump's communicative that Ukrainians should learn to show gratitude, although according to CNN's calculations, during the 3 years of the war, the president of this country thanked for American aid precisely 33 times.
Monday during a press conference Jarosław Kaczyński, however, greatly softened his speech and spoke about the essential empathy for the nationThat resists Russian aggression. 1 of our PiS interviewers argues that his organization "of course" continues to declare support for Ukraine in the war against Russia, but points to the mistakes Volodymyr Zelenski made.
— In my opinion, before the Polish elections Zełenski put on a change of power in Poland, due to the fact that we powerfully defended the interests of Polish agriculture erstwhile Ukrainian cereals virtually poured into our country across the border. Besides, a akin mistake he made in the US a fewer months ago – we hear.
This is how our caller refers to visit the president of Ukraine in the autumn of UB in Pennsylvania. It's called swing stateThat the candidates are fighting for during the presidential election. The Republicans then considered this visit to be a clear stand by Zelenski on Kamala Harris' side, who competed with Donald Trump. Besides, Trump's visit to this state reminded the president of Ukraine in the course of Friday's fight at the Oval Office.
Hope for a reset. “Even Kaczyński will not make us do this”
Interestingly, in the eyes of PiS politicians Volodymyr Zelenski was the hope of a reset in the relations between Poland and Ukraine. I remember my conversation with the Polish diplomat in 2019 before the recently elected president took office.
— We put a cross on Poroshenko's crew. Zelenski is an opportunity, although it is inactive an enigma – I heard.
And further: "Andrew Duda did not go to the swearing-in of Zelenski. He'd alternatively send the chief of his law firm. The government ordered to go to Kiev to Jack Chaputovich. After the authoritative part of the ceremony was completed, there was an chance for direct talks. Zelenski takes Chaputovich aside and says: “Minister, we would very much like to join the initiative of the Trimorese. We are very curious in this.” That was impossible due to the fact that it was an EU project. But Zelenski later wrote a peculiar letter together with the president of Moldova, in which they expressed their authoritative interest in this initiative. Later, he started talking about any steps towards reconciliation, threw even a alternatively derailed thought of setting a mound at the border. From all this came the Lublin Triangle between Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine. Zełenski besides received increasingly clear signals of openness to thaw in historical matters. He already in the election run made it clear that he did not rather like the monuments associated with Bandera and naming subsequent streets after him. We felt that he waved his hand a small on the story. They just wanted to rebuild a fewer of their monuments in Podkarpacie. Jarosław Kaczyński himself gave the green light. MFA officials called the Provincials in Rzeszów about this. And you know what they heard? "No way. Even Kaczyński will not force us to do this.” And then the Lublin voivode Przemysław Czarnek besides fought with Ukrainians and spoke not very flatteringly about them.
Train to Kiev
It should besides be remembered that Zelenski took office respective months after the argument about the amendment Act on the Institute of National Memory, which predicted penalties for negating the crimes of Ukrainian nationalists in Poles during planet War II.
At the time Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki went to Kiev for the first time only in the spring of 2022, i.e. after the Russian attack on Ukraine, 4 years after the government took over. Besides, always the relations of the Law and Justice with all Ukrainian squad after Majdan were difficult.
Nowogrodzka's man: — In 2013, Kaczyński, after the revolution in Majdan, goes against the interest of the Law and Justice Party. We knew that we would lose out on this due to the fact that it was shortly before the European Parliament elections. But Jarosław was very wise. He went to Kiev, performed on the phase of Majdan. However, erstwhile Petro Poroshenko arrived in Warsaw after winning the presidential election, he was focused on Platform politicians. He went on the platform in the Sejm and spoke only to Tusk due to the fact that he was Prime Minister. We had no good relations with this team, especially since they started hiring erstwhile PO ministers. We did not take a step on Volyn during his word of office. The head of the I.P.N. was raging, insulting. And at 1 point, we had to bring in our then ambassador, who was besides soft and failed to cope with increasingly brazen provocations. We couldn't step down here. The president erstwhile said well that Ukraine with Bandera would not enter Europe.
Andrzej Duda's co-worker: “The president was on the road to Ukraine by Lech Kaczyński, which is simply a bit against Nowogrodzka. He had no good relations with Poroshenko, but made gestures that way, but that they were not peculiarly curious in warming relations. And erstwhile Zelenski became president, he was already in Poland after 3 months. Then Duda went to Kiev and after all the authoritative points of the program the presidents went to eat something. They were in a restaurant in the garden. It was a long conversation not only about politics, but besides about families, children. That's erstwhile they hit it off. And then there was a gathering at the presidential palace in Wisla, just before the war. They sat for a long time, walked in the winter aura, any alcohol appeared.
SERGEY DOLZHENKO / PAPAndrzej Duda and Volodymyr Zelenski. Visit of the president of Poland the day before Russia's invasion of Ukraine (23.02.2022)
The president built a close relation with Zelenski. After the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, he talked to him almost all day. The president even called Warsaw about – it would seem – very tiny things like this, erstwhile a Turkish drone intended for the Ukrainian army was stuck at the airport in Rzeszów.
It was Andrzej Duda who took on the burden of maintaining contacts with Zelenski. The visit of Jarosław Kaczyński and Mateusz Morawiecki to Kiev did not change that. (Duda was informed of her at the last minute).
During the event, Kaczyński, then Deputy Prime Minister for Security, proposed to organise NATO peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. However, the initiative was not consulted with Kiev and Western partners. The thought was foggy, and it vanished beautiful quickly.
Cereal dispute
However, the tension on the Warsaw-Kiyów line returned rather quickly, due to the fact that after a year after the outbreak of the war. The detonator was the case Ukrainian grain to transit through PolandBut in fact, quite a few it stayed on our market. The PiS government announced an embargo on cereals from across the east border. And that was actually the end of a good relationship.
Especially as parliamentary elections were approaching in Poland. PiS politicians are convinced that Volodymyr Zelenski wanted to change power in Warsaw. – He was counting on Tusk winning, and he tried to push us through Brussels to unlock the border. It is not possible – we hear from the erstwhile Minister of Government of the Law and Justice.
Foreign policy politician KO: “If there was any reason why Zelenski cooled down his relation with the PiS crew, then of course the issue of grain was crucial, but not only. In my opinion, Kiev noted that the PiS government, which had been conflicted with Brussels, has a limited field of action in Europe.
ANDRZEJ LANGE / PAPThe handshake of Jarosław Kaczyński and Volodymyr Zelenski. Part of the visit of then Deputy Prime Minister to Kiev (15.03.2022)
Then the coalition took over in Poland on October 15 and Donald Tusk already took over A fewer weeks after being Prime Minister, he went to Ukraine. Months So there was no field for confrontation on the PiS-Zelenski line.
Until January, the president of Ukraine visited Poland. And his statements on the words of Karol Nawrocki, who said he couldn't see our eastern a neighbour in NATO and the European Union, unless Kiev solves the Volyn crime.
“If Ukraine is not in the Union and it is not in NATO, if Ukraine does not have a safety guarantee, then Mr Nawrocki should start practicing, due to the fact that he may gotta take arms in hand to defend his country together with his fellow citizens,” said the president of Ukraine in an interview with Polish media, among others, for Onetu.
— due to the fact that if Ukraine is nowhere, the hazard will be very high. Russia immediately after Ukraine will then be on the border with Poland and then it will gotta start practicing to take arms in hand. He will not have political competitions but will fight for his life,” said Volodymyr Zelenski.
In addition, during this visit, the president of Ukraine met with Rafał Trzaskowski, who as president of Warsaw thanked him for accepting hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees just after the war broke out. However, Trzaskowski is besides a candidate of the Civic Coalition for President, or rival of Karol Nawrocki.
So present it seems that the cooling from the PiS will continue. Especially since Novogródka's got Donald Trump on her back.
