Foreign ministry spokesperson says matter is ‘closed’ after Jarosław Kaczyński says Poland will formally request damages
Germany has rejected a Polish parliamentary report claiming it owes its eastern neighbour €1.3tn for damages caused during the second world war, saying the question of wartime reparations is “closed”.
Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of Poland’s ruling conservative Law and Justice party, on Thursday presented a report assessing the financial damages caused by Nazi Germany’s invasion and occupation of the country during the second world war. Kaczyński, who does not hold a government role but is seen as a driving force behind the conservative governing party, announced Poland would formally request reparations, while conceding he expected talks to be “long and difficult”.
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