Donald Tusk visits Germany

German chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed Donald Tusk's proposal to build a museum but wants to stick to the plans for the expellee project. Andrzej Talaga is disappointed by such an outcome. "One can hardly describe this visit as a success. In point of fact Tusk was butting his head against a brick wall. You can't blame him for not coming out as the winner of this clash. His visit has shown that it wasn't the anti-German prejudices of the previous government that caused the tensions in German-Polish relations but Berlin's tough stance. It refuses to budge on issues like the expellees and the gas pipeline. It has to be said that it's a strange friendship when the stronger and wealthier partner ignores the fears of its weaker partner."

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