00:00Did TUS say that Poland will pay for Germany's World War II crimes?
00:07Who should pay reparations for World War II?
00:11The debate has reignited after posts circulating on Facebook and X
00:14claim that Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk
00:17agreed to pay for German crimes during 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,
00:29Tusk actually urged Germany to provide support to Polish victims of World War II atrocities who are still alive.
00:36He added that if Germany failed to act quickly,
00:39he would consider using Poland's own resources to compensate the victims.
00:42The 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,
00:58which devastated the country.
01:00But Berlin insists.
01:02The issue was settled in 1953 and again in 1990.
01:05A claim Warsaw disputes,
01:07arguing the original renunciation was made under Soviet pressure.
01:10So can Poland actually ask for compensation?
01:13The Cube spoke to Louis Le Hardy de Beaulieu,
01:15professor of international law at Lucey Louvain.
01:17A report by Polish NGO Resfurtura says viral posts online have branded Tonag Tusk as a pro-German politician.
01:37Speaking to the Cube,
01:38former Defense Minister Jan Paris said he believed Poland was deeply divided,
01:44with the opposition favoring cooperation with the United States,
01:47when in his view,
01:48Donald Tusk's government prefers cooperation with Germany.
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