Germany disagrees with Poland's demand to pay reparations for damage caused during World War II

02 September 2022, 00:29 | Peace 
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The German government rejects Poland's demands to pay reparations for the damage caused to it by Nazi Germany in World War II in the amount of 1.3 trillion euros, according to DW.

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" The issue of reparations is closed," He repeated the argument that Berlin had referred to earlier: Poland refused further reparations as early as 1953 and repeatedly confirmed this.. Thus, from the point of view of the German authorities, the issue of reparations has long been finally resolved..

It is worth recalling that in September 2017, the then press secretary of the German government, Steffen Seibert, confirmed Germany's responsibility for the " In addition, Germany continues to make payments for the consequences of the crimes of the Nazi regime..

As reported, the commission of the Polish Parliament calculated the amount of reparations that Warsaw will seek from Germany.. According to the head of the ruling party in Poland, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the German economy will " He noted that we are not talking about a one-time payment, but about payments stretched over decades..

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at the same event that normal relations with Germany are impossible without truth and compensation, and the report on war damage presented by the commission of the Polish Parliament will serve, in his opinion, real reconciliation.

It is worth noting that the issue of paying reparations was raised by Poland more than once.. This is probably one of the trump cards in the internal political struggle in the country..

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