00:00Did Tusk say that Poland will pay for Germany's World War II crimes?
00:08Who should pay reparations for World War II?
00:11The debate has reignited after posts circulating on Facebook and X
00:15claimed that Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk agreed to pay for German crimes
00:19during talks with Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin.
00:22Without proper context, these claims are misleading and distort what was said.
00:27During the press conference in early December, Tusk actually urged Germany
00:31to provide support to Polish victims of World War II atrocities who are still alive.
00:36He added that if Germany failed to act quickly, he would consider using Poland's own resources
00:41to compensate the victims.
00:43The exchange was part of the long-running reparations debate between Poland and Germany.
00:48Poland's previous nationalist government demanded 1.3 trillion euros in reparations
00:53for Germany's occupation between 1939 and 1945, which devastated the country.
01:00But Berlin insists. The issue was settled in 1953 and again in 1990.
01:05A claim Warsaw disputes arguing the original renunciation was made under Soviet pressure.
01:10So can Poland actually ask for compensation?
01:12The Cube spoke to Louis Le Hardy de Beaulieu, professor of international law at UC Louvain.
01:17A report by Polish NGO Resfurtura says viral posts online have branded Donald Tusk as a pro-German politician.
01:37Speaking to the Cube, former Defence Minister Jan Paris said he believed Poland was deeply divided,
01:43with the opposition favouring cooperation with the United States,
01:47when in his view Donald Tusk's government prefers cooperation with Germany.
01:51iquerisation with Germany.
01:52____________________________________ So can you see your communication with Germany?
01:58?
02:00,
02:04?
02:05?
02:06?
02:07?
02:08?
02:09?
02:10?
02:11?
02:12?
02:13?
02:14?
02:15?
02:16?
02:17?
02:18?
02:19?
02:20?
Commentaires