Warsaw: Poland's deputy foreign minister, Pawel Jablonski, claimed that a prominent German politician had referred to the country's ruling party as a "enemy" and that media and NGOs supported by Berlin were working to thwart significant business investments in an effort to topple the Warsaw government.
When we have the guts to publicly state that our interests and their interests diverge in one area or another, the opposition and its supportive media regularly accuse us of "provoking" Germany, Jablonski tweeted on Monday, linking to a contentious interview by European People's Party (EPP) leader Manfred Weber.
Weber asserted in an interview with the broadcaster ZDF on Sunday that the Law and Justice (PiS) party, which is currently in power in Poland, "systematically attacks the rule of law and free media." The MEP declared that "those who do not, like the German AfD, like Le Pen in France or PiS in Poland, are our enemies and we will fight them." The EPP will view any European party that supports "the rule of law" as an objective ally, the MEP said.
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Jablonski questioned whether Weber will join his German colleagues, principals, or sponsors as usual or condemn the remarks made by the main opposition Civic Platform, which is led by former EPP chair Donald Tusk.
The outspoken deputy FM claimed in a post over the weekend that Germany was responsible for nonprofit campaigns and media stories opposing Warsaw's push for capital investment projects.
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Jablonski tweeted on Saturday, "We have more and more signals that there will be attempts to block strategic investments for Poland in the coming weeks. This will be accomplished "under the lofty slogans of environmental protection - but in actuality to protect e.g. German companies from Polish competition," he continued. "All this is being done to bring about a change of government in Poland, one that will withdraw from these investments and return our economy to the status of a mere subcontractor for industry from Germany and other countries."
He posted screenshots from the Polish version of Business Insider to support his claim that German-owned media "in moments of honesty" acknowledge that Berlin's protectionist agenda is actually served by environmental arguments. The aim of this policy is to "change the government in Poland to one that will block investments that compete with Germany," he claimed.
Prior to the upcoming general election, which is anticipated to take place between October 15 and November 11, political discourse in Poland is heating up. To set the date, President Andrzej Duda has until August 14.
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In order to scare the public into electing him to a third term, Tusk has already accused PM Mateusz Morawiecki of exaggerating the threat posed by the Wagner Group, a former Russian military organisation now stationed in Belarus. Tusk was criticised by Morawiecki for being soft on Russia and a Brussels stooge in response.