[Text/ Observer Network Xiong Chaoran] According to Reuters , Associated Press reports on September 1, local time, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party (Jaroslaw Kaczynski) said that day that the country would formally propose to Germany an amount equivalent to US$1.32 trillion in compensation to compensate for the losses caused by Nazi Germany's invasion and occupation of Poland during World War II.
According to reports, since the Law and Justice Party came to power in 2015, it has repeatedly requested compensation from Germany, but has not made it through formal channels. In 2019, a ruling party lawmaker proposed an estimated compensation amount of US$850 billion, but this time the leader of Poland's ruling party proposed an amount that greatly exceeded this figure, nearly US$500 billion more.
Screenshot of Reuters report
On the occasion of the 83rd anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, Kaczynski, leader of the Polish Law and Justice Party, read out a long-awaited report on September 1, regarding the consequences of Nazi Germany’s invasion and occupation of Poland. The price that should be paid, including a huge claim.
"We have not only prepared a report, but we have also decided on the next steps to be taken." Kaczynski told a news conference: "We will start negotiations with Germany on compensation." He added that this would be A "long and difficult road", but "one day it will succeed." The amount proposed by Poland is already the most limited and conservative, and may be increased.
The Associated Press reported that on the same day, Kaczynski, a major policymaker in Poland, and senior government leaders including Prime Minister Mateus Moravecki attended the The report release ceremony was held at a wartime ruins site in Warsaw .
Jaroslaw Kaczyński, leader of Poland’s Law and Justice Party, pictured in Polish media
The current right-wing Polish government believes that Poland was the first victim of World War II, but neighboring Germany is currently Poland’s leader in EU One of the main partners in the EU failed to fully compensate Poland.
On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany launched a bombing and invasion of Poland, followed by a brutal occupation of the country for five years. Including 3 million Polish Jews, about 6 million Poles were killed in World War II. In the "Warsaw Uprising" launched by Poland against Nazi Germany in 1944, about 200,000 civilians lost their lives.
Germany has explained that it has paid compensation to Eastern European countries in the years after the war, and that Poland received part of Germany's pre-war land when it redrawn its eastern border. Berlin feels that this is the case It's over.
A Reuters report described Kaczynski as a Polish "nationalist leader" and said that the Polish Law and Justice Party would often use its "militant posture" against Germany to mobilize its voters, which also led to Poland's Relations with Germany were tense. Especially after the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Poland strongly criticized Germany's slow action in relying on Russian natural gas and supporting Ukraine.
On August 17, local time, according to the European version of Politico News Network, Polish Central Bank Governor Adam Glapiński issued a warning in an interview with his country’s media, saying that Germany is now trying to "Take back" their land that was given to Poland after World War II, and even say they are "trying to conquer a series of countries between Germany and Russia" in an attempt to control the European continent.
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