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Fico’s Government Of Revenge and Revision
30 November 2023
13 July 2022
Despite seeming agreement between Germany and Poland on the importance and cruciality of an appropriate reaction to the Russo-Ukrainian war, relations remain as tense as before.
Poland and Germany are on the same side in Ukraine’s war. But Polish ruling party politicians and pro-government media routinely accuse the Germans of siding with Russians against Poland and the West.
Why does the Polish government need this propaganda? Here is the answer.
Such is the title of Ryszard Czarnecki’s op-ed about Russian-German relations in ‘Gazeta Polska Codziennie,’ a pro-government — and indirectly financed by the government via lucrative advertising contracts — daily newspaper. Moreover, Czarnecki’s one of the leading European MPs representing the Polish ruling party, Law and Justice.