“Neighbors and indispensable partners,” says “Sueddeutsche Zeitung”, reporting on Polish-German intergovernmental consultations on Monday.
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Daniel Broessler adds that “the living victims of the Nazi occupation must still wait for a humanitarian gesture.” As he points out, the German government “will explore possibilities of further support for Polish victims of Nazi aggression and German occupation in 1939-1945.” He also quotes Chancellor Friedrich Merz's statement from the press conference that he cannot mention any specific amount. Cooperation should be directed towards the future, but the past cannot be ignored – the Chancellor is quoted by “SZ”.
Donald Tusk turned to the Germans
Broessler drew attention to Tusk's appeal to the German side – “Hurry up.” He emphasized that the Polish Prime Minister suggested that if Poland does not obtain a quick and unambiguous declaration from Germany regarding the payment of compensation to living Polish victims of World War II, it will consider the decision to fulfill this need on its own.
“SZ” pointed to the German government's commitment to quickly erect a monument to the Polish victims of World War II and Nazi tyranny in 1939-1945. The competition for the architectural design of the monument is to be announced in the first half of next year.
Among the areas of enhanced cooperation, Broessler mentioned infrastructure, security policy and, above all, protection of NATO's eastern flank. Tusk and Merz emphasized that the positions of both countries on aid for Ukraine are identical.
Today's alliance between Germany and Poland is an announcement to future generations that Europe will be peaceful, prosperous, democratic and united – we read in “SZ”. “Germany needs a strong Poland,” the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung quotes Merz as saying at the top.
