An appeal to reason in German-Polish relations

Scientists and journalists have called on the people of Germany and Poland to "exercise a sense of responsibility and reason" in the relations between the two states. The newspaper publishes a shortened version of the "Kopernikus Group's" appeal. "We are concerned by the unwarranted outburst of emotions regarding German-Polish relations over the past weeks. The way in which negative feelings have been overemphasized in public life contradicts the ideals of commendable persons in both Poland and Germany who have seen it as their duty to use their experiences with war and terrorist policies to improve German-Polish relations… Germans and Poles should realise they have more in common than they are given credit for by politicians with an anachronistic approach to relations between the two nations."

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