Leaders of Poland, Germany meet to mend strained ties and discuss Europe’s security

Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Government leaders of Poland and Germany are holding consultations aimed at giving a new impulse to bilateral relations that sagged under Poland’s previous government and to jointly declare responsibility for Europe’s security in turbulent times. Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz traveled with 12 ministers and government officials for the meeting in Warsaw on Tuesday. He and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said they want to give the partnership a new dynamic. Their main topic was the security of Europe and of the European Union’s eastern border with Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Such consultations were held in November 2018. After that, Poland’s right-wing government that ruled until 2023 adopted a hostile attitude toward Berlin.