Polish president urges Germany to address reparations, criticizes Tusk

I was saddened by the words of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

I remember my visit to President Steinmeier

and to Chancellor Merkel, where I said

that Poland, as Germany’s partner in the European Union

and in the North Atlantic Alliance… Poland and

the Poles want the issue of reparations to be dealt with seriously,

which my victory in the presidential election

was also proof of. I believe that with our partners,

and that is how we treat the Germans, after all, we can talk

also about difficult issues, about issues that

we are supposed to resolve. I do not know of any such solution

to a historical or political problem, or

in terms of decency, or historical truth,

in which the victims themselves pay for the evil inflicted

by the occupier and the invader, so… what Prime Minister

Donald Tusk said in Berlin upset me very much

it worries me and I hope that Prime Minister Donald

Tusk will apologize to the Polish people for these words and say

that this is only an expression of some misunderstanding.

Meanwhile, if through the media I can send a message to Berlin,

then in the name of the Polish nation

I address both the chancellor and the president of Germany

with seriousness, asking them to seriously

look into the issue of reparations that

are due to Poland for the destruction during

World War II. I also hope that I will be able

to count on the Polish government in my efforts to seek

reparations from the German state.

Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you. Thank you

very much.