“It is impossible to maintain good relations simultaneously with the United States, the key European powers, and the capitals of our region while Poland’s prime minister sacrifices the national interest for short-term party games,” wrote PiS MEP Michał Dworczyk on X. The politician pointed to three developments this week that, in his view, have harmed Poland’s relations with the United States.
“A difficult week for Polish supporters of the transatlantic idea. On the one hand, Donald Tusk questioned the rationale of NATO and the alliance with the United States. On the other hand, Germany’s defense strategy, crowning months of efforts by Friedrich Merz, the government, diplomats, and experts (including those permanently present in Washington), to position itself once again as the United States’ primary ally on the continent,”
Dworczyk wrote on X.
Dworczyk criticizes Tusk
The politician also referred to a post by U.S. national security expert and Under Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby, which, according to Dworczyk, “confirms that both Democratic and Republican administrations have high expectations of Germany.”
“Poland has sought to balance Germany’s growing ambitions; that is why, after 2015, we successfully worked to secure an unprecedented increase in the number of U.S. troops in Poland and the region, support for Ukraine’s defense against Russian barbarism, and deeper ties in the energy sector. It seemed that at least in the defense sphere the government had some willingness to continue this policy,”
the PiS MEP stated.
At the same time, he listed three developments from this week that, in his view, contradict that assumption:
- The Polish prime minister’s interview with a major daily newspaper, in which he advocates moving away from the transatlantic alliance in favor of a supposedly ill-conceived European defense union.
- Further delays in building the foundation of Poland’s energy security, a nuclear power plant based on American technology.
- Continued obstruction of the state security system and the government’s disregard of a court ruling overturning the revocation of security clearance for the President’s chief national security adviser. Professor Sławomir Cenckiewicz acted in the interest of the state by submitting his resignation, but the government’s conduct amounts to a deliberate blow to the support base of the only Polish politician with good personal relations with Donald Trump, Karol Nawrocki.
“It is in Poland’s interest to maintain good relations with the United States, the key European countries, and the capitals of our region. This can indeed be done simultaneously. However, it cannot be done when Poland’s prime minister sacrifices the national interest for short-term party games,”
Dworczyk concluded.