Recently, Eastern European countries Poland have drawn their bows around, asking for war compensation from Germany and Russia, demanding compensation for their losses in World War II, and even sent diplomatic notes to Germany seriously. Both Germany and Russia are very determined. German Foreign Minister Bellbeck said that the issue of compensation for World War II has ended and clearly rejected Poland's compensation claim.
Recently, Russian Foreign Ministry official Japkin also publicly stated that Poland's claim against Russia is a political fantasy and is unreasonable. At the same time, Japkin also emphasized that if the Soviet Union had not driven away Nazi Germany, Poland might not have existed, and millions of Poles would have been eliminated or enslaved.
Europe is one of the main battlefields of World War II . Many countries have the hatred of destroying countries. This is an important reason why it is difficult for EU to complete internal integration at present. But in recent decades, the issue of compensation for World War II has been rarely raised. Now Poland is suddenly attacking, and is filing a claim against Germany and Russia at the same time, which is quite surprised by the international community.
Currently, Germany and Russia are confronting each other on various issues. Poland can actually find an issue that allows the two countries to stand on the same position, which is definitely a strange thing. To be honest, there is a historical basis for Poland to file a claim against Germany and Russia, that is, the 1939 Soviet-German Non-aggression Treaty.
After the outbreak of World War II, Germany and the Soviet Union divided Poland according to this treaty. However, due to changes in the international situation after the war, Poland became a member of the Eastern camp. In 1953, it stated that it would give up its claim against a democratic Germany, which belongs to the Eastern camp. In 1990, and Germany unified and confirmed this point, and this issue was no longer a problem.
If we follow the current logic of the Polish government, then the , Austrian , which has participated in the division of Poland several times in history, should also compensate Poland, and then the whole of Europe will be in chaos. Judging from the current situation, neither Germany nor Russia will take Poland's claims seriously, in this regard, because these claims have no legal basis and seem too abrupt.
The Soviet Union and its successor Russia are recognized as the victorious country in World War II. This historical status has not changed so far. Germany has a good attitude of admitting guilt after the end of World War II and has made a lot of compensation. Poland has claimed compensation from these two countries and will not receive any international support. On the other hand, it is because Russia and Germany are now far greater than Poland. As long as the two countries ignore it, Poland has no way to deal with them.
However, the slightly absurd claims by the Polish government this time reflects some serious problems within the EU. In the eyes of many people, East Asian countries have serious historical contradictions with each other. This contradiction breaks out from time to time, affecting the relationship between countries in the region. EU countries look harmonious and seem to have no such problem.
But in fact, the contradictions within the EU are just covered up by the high welfare society. The old historical accounts between many EU countries are no less than those of East Asian countries. This Polish government's claim incident is a good example. Poland has been divided up three times in history by Russia, Germany and Austria. It was destroyed in 1795 and did not appear again in Eastern Europe in the form of a country. The reason for this was that Britain and France tried to create a buffer country between Germany and Russia.
Therefore, Poland is not east or west, neither left nor right, and hates both sides of the east and west, and is the most noisy among Eastern European countries. In the past, when the EU economy was developing well, no one talked about history. Now the EU economy has become riddled with holes due to the Ukrainian War and when there is not enough big cakes, various grievances are prone to erupt.
Similar conflicts in Europe have become more and more common in the past few years. In the last Europe debt crisis, Greece once threatened the EU. If aid is not provided, Greece will open its doors and allow North Africa refugees to enter the hinterland of Europe; After the UK and France, after Brexit, , Britain and France have had a big fight over the issue of fishing rights.
In addition, there are also conflicts between the UK and Norwegian , and between the UK and Irish . The EU is now facing a serious crisis, and all countries are in trouble. Unless a strong leader like Merkel appears, the EU may really disintegrate as the United States hopes.
