Polish PM Seeks To Thaw Ties With Berlin Trip
Sumaira FH Published February 16, 2018 | 04:38 PM
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will visit Berlin on Friday in a bid to thaw frosty ties after the relationship between the two neighbours was strained by issues including refugee quotas and Warsaw's judicial reforms
Warsaw, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Feb, 2018 ) :Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will visit Berlin on Friday in a bid to thaw frosty ties after the relationship between the two neighbours was strained by issues including refugee quotas and Warsaw's judicial reforms.
"I'd like this visit to boost both our economic and political cooperation," Morawiecki told the Polish news agency PAP this week, ahead of talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Morawiecki said that on the economic front things were "thriving, with Poland one of Germany's most important partners", but more delicate matters are likely to be discussed when the two leaders meet.
Germany and Poland have clashed on a range of issues since the nationalist Law and Justice party came to power -- including its attempts to reform the judiciary and its rejection of EU refugee quotas.
In her weekly podcast on Saturday, Merkel said she considers Polish-German ties to be stable despite "divergent views on some issues".
Morawiecki, who since his appointment in December has strived to improve Poland's image abroad, has called criticism against his country the result of "misunderstandings".
Warsaw has come under fire from Brussels and several European countries for introducing controversial judicial reforms that according to the EU could threaten the independence of the judiciary.
On December 20, after months of warnings, the European Commission launched an unprecedented procedure against Poland that could strip Warsaw of its voting rights in the bloc if it does not scrap the reforms.
Merkel noted on Saturday that all EU member states had pledged to "respect the principles of the state of law". The topic of migrants and asylum seekers may also prove difficult for the two leaders, as the Polish government warned last month that it would not budge on its refusal to take in an EU quota of refugees.
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