Hi Andreas,
Kaczynski Bros Company are decent guys but somehow awkward on international arena which springs from their lack of suave. They are both quite proud, stubborn and distrustful. Apart from that I believe their vision of the world is even more good-evil oriented than that of GWB. This all makes diplomacy a little bit difficult for them. But they're struggling to do better, believe me... Jaroslaw has improved his PR in recent months just incredibly. Time will show whether focusing on family values, infrastructure and economy was just an expose BS or their real priority.
Any country has its vital interests and Germany has learned welll to use EU to express them. This lesson is still ahead of the brothers.
Regards
It seems so. Anyway - the recent TAZ-affair was disconcerting for Poland.
I would love to see some more conservative and capitalistic influence from Poland on the EU. But that takes leaders that are able to rise to the occasion and that are able to express their policy in a way that the others can accept it. Personal animosities should be something private. Even if President Kaczynski has a problem with the German press he should have the grandeur to deal with Angela Merkel who has nothing to do with the offense (which I dismiss since it was tasteless, but we have the freedom of the press in Germany).
I understand that Lech and Jaroslaw Kaczynski are distrustful in regard of Germany since they were born in the rubble that was left of the nazis in Warsaw. On the other hand we have to say that the war is over since 61 years now. The last generation that took part as soldiers is dying in the meantime. I do not say that we should forget the history but it is the time to overcome it. Germany changed and Poland changed for a new beginning. If the godforsaken history will remain the omnipotent issue between both countries nothing will turn to progress.