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Did Tusk say that Poland will pay for Germany's World War II crimes?

Viral claims online have misrepresented Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's remark that Warsaw would pay for the Polish victims of WWII, and not Germany, amidst an ongoing reparations debate with Berlin.

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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.
01:51Speaking to it...
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