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Comment: The sound is rough

Poland and Germany , close EU Partner? The days are gone – the shows of the inaugural visit of the Polish Prime Minister, Szydlo for Merkel. Will Berlin have to get used to, says Bartosz Dudek.

It took a long time to Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo time for the inaugural visit to Berlin has found. Usually it was after 1989, Bonn or Berlin, always one of the first destinations of the newly elected Polish government. This time it was different. And that’s also a message: The Schmusekurs with the neighbors to the West is over.

Now wants Warsaw to the Polish-German relations on a new basis. Not near, but cool distance should be the relation of now to shape. No Compliance, but the enforcement of their own interests. And, if you please, merely no German criticism in the direction of Warsaw. The rule of law and Medienfreheit out or forth: these are from the PiS point of view, Polish problems, the only poles what to tackle. Interference from Outside verbittet you.

Politics without friends

It is here, however, with double standards. Just in front of your Berlin visit, said the Polish Prime Minister, with a view on the refugee issue, the Situation in Germany and Europe was out of control. It was the occurred, of what their party has long warned about: The attacks in Paris and sexual violence in Cologne were the consequences. The sound is rough, the language directly. Also this is new and getting used to.

Bartosz Dudek heads the Polish editorial team of DW

You can turn not to understand without the political Credo of Beata Szydlos the father of Jaroslaw Kaczynski to know. He and his entourage believe that it is in politics, no friendships, but only hard interests, you must enforce. Conflict is the engine of change. Poland could no longer kneel, had to get up. Compromise is in this world of thoughts is an expression of weakness. It is an understanding of politics, the anachronistic.

At least emphasizes Beata Szydlo now that you are in good relations with Berlin interested and would be willing to about the problems to talking about. Not more, not less. Berlin must with this attitude to life is to learn and make the Best of it. Because this is true: Kaczynski’s nationalist-conservative are in Poland a people’s party ascended, and it looks like you will be there for a long time.

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