"While there, Karol Nawrockiwill meet both President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Both during his presidential election campaign and since his inauguration six weeks ago, Nawrocki has made no secret of his reservations toward Poland's western neighbor, which he alleges dominates the EU together with France to the detriment of Poland. Nawrocki demands war reparations During a speech on September 1 to mark the 86th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, Nawrocki reiterated his country's claims to war reparations from Germany."
""To build a partnership with our western neighbor based on the foundations of truth and good relations, we must finally settle the issue of reparations from the German state, which I unequivocally demand," he said at the Westerplatte Monument war memorial near Gdansk. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the opposition right-wing conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, went one step further on September 1 and called Germany a "post-Nazi state" that had neither punished Nazi criminals nor compensated Nazi victims."
Karol Nawrocki, Poland's new president, will visit Germany to meet President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Nawrocki has expressed reservations about Germany, accusing it and France of dominating the EU to Poland's detriment. He demands World War II reparations and has tied any future partnership to settling those claims. Nawrocki reiterated reparations demands at the Westerplatte Monument on September 1. Jaroslaw Kaczynski described Germany as a "post-Nazi state" for failing to punish Nazi criminals or compensate victims. A Polish parliamentary commission estimated damages at 6.2 trillion zloty, while Germany says the matter is settled. Prime Minister Donald Tusk seeks support for surviving victims.
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