Consultations with Germany are starting. The government led by Donald Tusk is already in Berlin

Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrived on Monday after 13 to Berlin, where he will take part in the 17th Polish-German intergovernmental consultations. The Prime Minister is accompanied by, among others, the heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Interior and Administration, as well as the ministers of infrastructure and culture.

The Polish delegation, apart from the Prime Minister, included, among others: deputy prime ministers, heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of National Defense – Radosław Sikorski and Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Minister of Internal Affairs Marcin Kierwiński, head of the Ministry of Infrastructure Dariusz Klimczak, as well as ministers of finance, culture and energy – Andrzej Domański, Marta Cienkowska and Miłosz Motyka.

Approximately 14.30 Donald Tusk is to be welcomed in the courtyard of his office by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The two leaders will then hold talks. At the same time, Polish ministers and deputy ministers will meet with their counterparts from the German government.

Approximately A joint press conference of the heads of government is planned at 3.15 p.m. Just before the conference, a ceremony of handing over cultural property to Poland was planned. According to information from Onet, it may involve the return of the archives of the Teutonic Order and a 14th-century sculpture depicting the head of Saint. James the Elder, stolen after the war from the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the High Castle in Malbork.

Approximately A joint meeting of representatives of both governments will be held at 16. The meeting will be chaired by the host, Chancellor Merz and Prime Minister Tusk. Issues related to bilateral cooperation, security, defense, infrastructure and issues related to the EU agenda are to be discussed.

Consultations between the Polish and German governments have been held since 1997. The last one was held in July last year with the participation of the then head of the German cabinet, Olaf Scholz. It was a return to this format of talks after a six-year break – since 2018, when the governments of Mateusz Morawiecki and Angela Merkel met. Polish-German intergovernmental consultations were then discontinued and resumed in 2024 (PAP)

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