Janusz Reiter, a erstwhile Polish ambassador to Germany and the USA, writes on Thursday, April 3, on "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" ("FAZ") about the reasons for the stalemate in Polish-German relations. In his opinion, this state is not only a consequence of waiting for a fresh government in Germany and a fresh president in Poland. "However, a dangerous illusion is the belief that Germany and Poland will unite in common responsibility, as long as the formal political constellation is right," we read.
As the diplomat writes, many people in Germany have an imaginary image of Poland. Meanwhile, Poland is not “France in the East”. "Polish-German relations deficiency a tradition of large European political cooperation that exists between Germany and France. Both sides would gotta step into a fresh political ground," Reiter believes.
