Donald Tusk is in Berlin, where Polish-German intergovernmental consultations are ongoing. They are headed by the Polish Prime Minister and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. In the afternoon, both politicians spoke at a joint press conference, and 1 of the topics raised was the issue of redress for the victims of planet War II.
Tusk calls on the Germans to make amends for planet War II
“The issue of political and legal reparation is explained,” said Friedrich Merz. As he said, "Germany has made EUR 2 billion available in the past to survivors of terror". – The national government and I are aware of our historical responsibility. Confronting the past and figuring out the past is simply a process that never ends," said the German Chancellor.
Donald Tusk, in turn, said that Poland's position on redress for the surviving victims of planet War II is besides clear. – Germany adheres to this formal-graduate act from the 1950s. As you well know, in the 1950s. In fact, Poland had nothing to say on this issue. Reparation is not considered to be an act in accordance with the will of the Polish people," said the head of the Polish government.
And he added, "The state of things has not changed. We believe in Poland that Poland has not received compensation for crimes from planet War II. We besides know the German position. Hurry up if you truly want to make that gesture.
Tusk added that there are 50,000 direct victims of the Nazis. – I will consider next year that Poland will fill this request with its own resources. I don't want to talk about it anymore," added the Prime Minister.
PiS demands a reparation from Germany for planet War II
On September 1, 2022, the Law and Justice organization convened a press conference during which Jarosław Kaczyński informed what amount he intended to request from the German authorities as part of a reparation for planet War II. "This is simply a very serious sum... 6 trillion PLN 200 billion," he said.
And what act from the 1950s was Donald Tusk talking about? It is simply a paper which is simply a key warrant of the form of the current borders and established order in Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain. He opened the way to the unification of Germany, during the talks the form of the borders in Oder and Nysa Lužická, the affiliation of Germany to global structures or the size of its army was discussed.
The paper is commonly referred to as "Treaty 2+4", as the Moscow negotiations were attended by Germany divided into the West Germany and the East Germany, as well as 4 Allied powers from planet War II: the US, USSR, large Britain and France.
On peculiar terms, the treaty was besides partially negotiated by Poland. Not the Polish People's Republic, but the free and democratic 3rd Republic of Poland confirmed the 1953 decision. As this was later mentioned in the Bundestag report, "Poland has, as part of the treaty negotiations, given up at least silently the investigation of war reparations".
