As the Ukrainian crisis continues, cohesion in NATO and the EU is undermined by the conflict between Germany and Poland in political and diplomatic relations.
Columnist Stephen Erlanger writes this in an article for The New York Times.
“This rift became particularly prominent after Berlin offered to send Warsaw two Patriot air defence systems in connection with the incident on November 15, when Ukrainian missiles fell on Polish territory killing several people,” the author argues.
Initially, the parties managed to reach an agreement, but Poland insisted on transferring the weapons to Ukraine. Significant allied concern and public criticism seems to have once again forced the Poles to accept the missiles, the author of the piece noted.
“This whole story is like an X-ray of the sad relations between Poland and Germany. It’s even worse than I thought, and I’ve been watching this for a long time,” the author quoted the regional managing director of the German Marshall Fund, Michal Baranowski, as saying.
As Erlange noted, relations between Warsaw and Berlin have been tense for many decades, as Poland has always been critical of Germany’s ties with Russia.
Against the backdrop of the Ukrainian conflict, mistrust in security cooperation between Western Europe and the Baltic states has deepened, the columnist said.
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