A fresh defence cooperation agreement, maintaining aid to Ukraine, expanding oil pipelines on the east flank of NATO, German Eurofighters in the Polish sky as part of the Air Police mission – these are the main themes of the Polish-German intergovernmental consultations held in Berlin, headed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz.
A delegation with the Polish Prime Minister flew to Berlin, including abroad ministers, defence, home affairs, infrastructure, finance, energy and culture. During the press conference before the gathering of the representatives of the 2 governments, the German Chancellor stressed that Germany needs strong Poland as an equal partner, and the declaration to be adopted is to be the foundation of cooperation for the following years. As he pointed out, 3 priorities were agreed. The first was safety and defence and added that after incidents concerning breaches of Polish airspace The German government reinforced the Air Police program. – We are expanding our cooperation in the field of detection and neutralisation drones; our ground troops will cooperate more closely, among others, through intensified joint exercises. In addition, we have commissioned our ministers to scope an agreement on defence policy,” said Friedrich Merz.
The second precedence is "determination and infrastructure", i.e. the modernisation of cross-border railway lines and the improvement of road infrastructure at the Frankfurt Oder border crossing point. Transport ministers are to draw up a plan to modernise bridges, motorways and railway lines. As the 3rd priority, Merz indicated memory and commemoration. "We cannot and do not want to avoid the past; we must keep the memory, besides the painful one," he pointed out. He added that the Germans velocity up the restitution of Polish cultural goods, and present 73 historical parchments and a fragment of the sculpture of the head of St.
The head of the Polish government stressed that the subject of common safety and action for his benefit shows how much global relations and geopolitical situation in our region have changed. He pointed out that we are witnessing "a truly Copernican coup in European politics". “Because this is the way to specify full Polish-German cooperation erstwhile it comes to defending the east border of Europe”, said Prime Minister Tusk. He besides highlighted the common energy policy. As he explained, we have a declaration on the table, in which Germany and Poland talk in the same voice about the request to become independent of the supply of energy natural materials from Russia.
Ukraine was besides an crucial subject of talks and a declaration of its further support. As the Prime Minister pointed out, it is simply a good coincidence that today's consultation began with the merger with Presidents Volodymyr Zelenski and Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and the leaders of the European Union.
The Deputy Prime Minister, the head of the MON Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, besides referred to the joint consultation on the X site, pointing out that this is an crucial step for the safety of Poland and Europe. He explained that work had begun on a fresh defence cooperation agreement and agreed on the German military engagement in the The Shield of the East and measures to grow oil pipelines on the east Alliance flank. Furthermore, as he pointed out, the German Eurofighters will defend the Polish sky as part of the Air Police mission – which, as he stressed, shows that decisions are made in concrete terms.
Previous Polish-German intergovernmental consultations were held on 2 July 2024 after a nearly six-year break.
