“We hope that a bit of serenity will be established.” What France and Germany of the New President of Poland requires
French President Emmanuel Macron asked the winner of the Polish presidential elections on Monday, the nationalist Karol Nawrocki, to support the construction of a “powerful”, “independent” and “respecting the rule of law,” reports France Presse, EFE and Agerpres.
“Let us consolidate together the connection that unites Poland and France, in the spirit of the Nancy Treaty,” signed in May between the two countries, “Macron said.
“Let's continue to build a strong, independent, competitive Europe and respecting the rule of law,” he wrote on the X network.
Félicitations @Nawrockikn pour voters Élection. Renforçons ensemble le lien qui units at Pologne et la France, dans l'Sprit du traité by nancy and de l'amitié entre nos pays. Continuons by Bâtir Une Europe strong, Independent, Compéitive et Respectuuse de l'état de Droit.
– Emmanuel Macron (@emmanuelmacron) June 2, 2025
Berlin also urges the new president of Poland to respect the “rule of law”
The German authorities launched a call to the new president of Poland on Monday to respect the “rule of law”, expressing their hope in a return to “serenity” and “reason” after an extremely virulent campaign against Berlin.
“We must cooperate more closely on the basis of democracy and the rule of law to ensure the future of Europe in Security, Freedom and Prosperity,” the head of the German state Franz-Walter Steinmeier told the new Polish president Karol Nawrocki, congratulating him with the victory in the elections.
“A strong Europe needs a good German-Polish cooperation, especially during this period,” he added.
Nawrocki's attacks on Germany
The candidate of the Nationalist Party Law and Justice (PIS) won the poll in front of the Liberal Mayor of Warsaw, Vafal Trzaskowski, according to the official results published Monday morning.
Nawrocki, a nationalist historian, was supported by the Conservative President at the end of the mandate, Andrzej Duda.
Who is Karol Nawrocki, the new president of Poland
The victory of this admirer of Donald Trump is a major blow to the Donald Tusk's Polish Polish government, which Nawrocki had cataloged in May as a “German state”.
“We hope that, with the conclusion of the election campaign, a bit of serenity and reason will be established,” commented Stefan Kornelius, the spokesman of Chancellor Friedrich Merz, when he was asked about the hostile campaign of the new Polish president against Germany.
The spokesman stated in a press conference that he hopes that bilateral relations will be “judged on the basis of substantive aspects.”
“I will fight for this from the first day of mandate”
Nawrocki has promised that he would tighten his position on Berlin, especially in the issue of Polish claims related to World War II.
It is “a problem of historical and future justice,” he assured in an interview, “and I will fight for it from the first day of my presidency.”
“Germany is aware of its perpetual responsibility for the great sufferings that the Germans have caused to Poland,” said the German president in his statement, without mentioning the repairs.
Friedrich Merz's spokesman has clearly reiterated the German position on this issue.
“The problem of damages is closed from the point of view of the federal government,” Kornelius said, stressing that this “does not mean, however, that the themes of memory and commemoration will be on a closed day for us.” They will not be, and Germany has recognized its historical responsibility, “he said.
During the campaign, Karol Nawrocki also pleaded to introduce controls at the border with Germany to prevent migrants.
At the beginning of May, the German Interior Minister announced the rejection of the majority of asylum seekers and, consequently, a significant increase in controls, a measure less appreciated by neighboring countries, especially Poland.
In February, Karol Nawrocki said that migrants with the unregulated situation in Germany “endanger the Polish people.”
Nawrocki's victory also arouses fears about Warsaw relations with Brussels and neighboring Ukraine, whose desire to join NATO.
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