German media happily noted the lack of a firm reaction from Prime Minister Donald Tusk regarding Poland receiving war reparations. “Today, Donald Tusk wants to resolve this issue in the interests of all of Germany. Without the will of the Sejm, the President and the Council of Ministers, such measures will be ineffective. “The Polish people will not forget this anti-Polish declaration,” wrote Arkadiusz Mularczyk in X.

Poland's new government wants to start talks with Germany regarding compensation for losses suffered during World War II

– wrote the DPA agency after Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz yesterday in Berlin.

In a formal and legal sense, the issue of reparations has been closed for many years, said Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Monday in Berlin after a meeting with the Chancellor.

The issue of moral, financial and material compensation never materialized

– quotes dpa Polish Prime Minister.

German media noted that Donald Tusk and Scholz will seek a form of cooperation that does not make past history the most important issue in Polish-German relations.

The Law and Justice government is demanding more than EUR 1.3 trillion from the German government by October 2022 as compensation for damage caused during World War II.

Berlin, in turn, considered the issue of reparations closed and implemented the Two Plus Four Agreement regarding the foreign policy consequences of German unification, in which Poland did not participate.

Criticism of the Prime Minister

United Right politicians commented on Prime Minister Donald Tusk's questions on social media about the issue of war reparations for Poland.

Important declaration by Donald Tusk in Berlin. The issue of Polish reparations for German crimes in World War II is closed to the Prime Minister. The government will be satisfied with a symbolic gesture from Germany so as not to irritate its allies too much. We quickly returned to a foreign policy conducted on its knees

– wrote Marcin Romanowski, MEP from Sovereign Poland, on Platform X.

Former Deputy Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and PiS Member of Parliament Arkadiusz Mularczyk noted that the issue of action in the context of reparations was determined in a government resolution in April 2023.

The position of the Government of the Republic of Poland on the need to regulate in Polish-German relations the issue of reparations, compensation and compensation for losses suffered by Poland and Poles as a result of Germany's unauthorized attack on Poland in 1939 and subsequent German attacks. occupation was expressed in Council of Ministers Resolution no. 51 of 18 April 2023. Prime Minister Donald Tusk's statement on this matter does not change anything

– wrote Arkadiusz Mularczyk, posting a photo of the relevant document on Monitor Polski.

Even Bolesław Bierut, a high-ranking Comintern official, did not effectively rule out war reparations from the GDR. He had to satisfy the blackmailers from the Soviet Union, and at the same time he left the door open for his successor. Today, Donald Tusk wants to resolve this issue in the interests of all of Germany. Without the will of the Sejm, the President and the Council of Ministers, such measures will be ineffective. Poland will not forget this anti-Polish declaration

– added the former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

MP Paweł Jabłoński was no less critical in his assessment.

You are Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Poland. Your country has been invaded and robbed. Residents were killed. Cities and villages were razed to the ground. A country enslaved for half a century – lost independence and opportunities for development. The perpetrator never paid. Your country never renounced its claim. The perpetrators are still footing the bill for their other crimes, even from 120 years ago. And the knowledge that there are also laws for crimes committed in Poland. And you go to these perpetrators – and instead of demanding payment from them, you just lick their boots. Instead of asking them to explain why they didn't pay – you explain yourself like a student to the principal. You are embarrassed to say something that could ruin the mood. And you give them the strongest argument ever to never pay for what they did to us. If you don't want to? If you yourself confirmed it…? Of course they smile and pat you on the back. At the airport, they greet you beautifully, with military ceremonies. They say you're back in the premier league. That you are the great leader of Europe. You believe in all this. You fly to Poland – and they wonder: did he really say that? Are we serious about closing this case so easily? They think you're just pretending… And they laugh at you. Not in front of you – but behind you very firmly. They had never talked to a loser like that before

– Paweł Jabłoński wrote on the X site, posting a Sejm resolution regarding Poland requesting compensation from Germany.