Index – Abroad – Poland awaits formal apology for hungry comment in Brussels



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Top Polish politicians have asked for a formal apology after Katarina Barley, one of the vice-presidents of the European Parliament, said that the rule of law should “financially starve” member states like Poland and Hungary. Katarina Barley, German Social Democratic Party politician The former Minister of Justice of the German Federal Government made this statement on the German national public service radio Deutschlandfunk.

Barley’s statement is outrageous, “it awakens the worst historical image associations,” wrote Michal Dworczyk, a senior minister in the Polish prime minister’s office, on his Twitter page. referring to the German occupation of World War II.

Government spokesman Piotr Müller also In a Twitter post He expressed his position on this: “We apologize, we withdraw the shameful statement.”

According to MTI, Marek Pek, vice president of the Polish Senate, said: “Barley should not only think about the words he uses, but also” if he is starving a lot of German companies that look great in Poland at the same time. “



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