Prime Minister Donald Tusk met with the outgoing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. A video that surfaced online shocked internet users. “And to think, not so long ago we had a prime minister who could put the chancellor in his place (as in the case of aid for Ukraine). Now we see such embarrassing gestures, even toward a departing German politician,” one comment reads. What exactly happened?
The outgoing Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, visited Warsaw on Wednesday, where he met with Prime Minister Donald Tusk—for the last time in his official capacity.
Scholz’s party, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), lost the parliamentary elections in the Federal Republic of Germany on February 23. The new chancellor will be Friedrich Merz, representing the CDU/CSU Christian Democratic coalition.
Prime Minister Tusk reported on his meeting with Olaf Scholz via the platform X.
“Chancellor Olaf Scholz is concluding his mission with a visit to Warsaw, and Chancellor Friedrich Merz will begin his term with visits to Warsaw and Paris. Poland is now a key partner for all major political forces in Europe—whether some like it or not,”
Tusk wrote.
A video appeared online showing how the meeting unfolded:
And there was a flurry of comments:
“And to think, not so long ago we had a prime minister who put the chancellor in line (as in the case of aid for Ukraine). Now such embarrassing gestures even towards a departing German politician,”
Radio Journalist Łukasz Jankowski wrote on X.
A pomyśleć jeszcze nie tak dawno temu mieliśmy premiera, który stawiał kancelarza do pionu (jak w przypadku pomocy dla Ukrainy).
— Łukasz A. Jankowski (@LAJankowski) April 16, 2025
Teraz takie żenujace gesty nawet wobec schodzącego niemieckiego politykahttps://t.co/EvHxoZOcnU
“How humiliating it is for us Poles,”
the other user wrote.
Jakie to jest upokarzające dla nas Polaków
— Kata#TakDlaCPK (@Katarzy41295460) April 16, 2025
“It’s humiliating for Poles to have such a prime minister,”
we can read in Łukasz Choiński’s post.
Poniżające dla Polaków mieć takiego premiera.
— Łukasz Choiński(@lchoinski87) April 16, 2025
