A social media storm erupted over a post by the German politician Fabian Kuebel, who directly called Poles “the African Americans of Europe.” Donald Tusk saw the politician’s comment from across the Oder as a perfect opportunity to strike at – the Polish right and the President of Poland. He didn’t wait long to respond.
In the media space, a series of posts by the politician from the German party – Alternative for Germany (AfD), Fabian Kuebel, made loud waves. Among other things, he accused Poland of an anti-German stance. But that wasn’t all. He also launched an attack on Polish society.
Kuebel wrote: “Poles simply see themselves as a great, pitiable, never-ending victim of European history. Victimhood as a national identity. They are simply the African Americans of Europe.”
Tusk attacks… the president again
Of course, taking advantage of the fact that AfD is a right-wing party by nature, Donald Tusk decided to use the German politician’s post to attack – representatives of right-wing groups in Poland, and the President of Poland – Karol Nawrocki. “Mr. Nawrocki, Kaczyński, and Mentzen! The leaders of your favorite German party AfD have just declared that Poles are ‘the African Americans of Europe’ with an eternal victim complex, that we are a bigger threat than Russia, and that we robbed Germany of its lands. I am ashamed of you!” wrote Tusk.
Kaczyński: a sign of Tusk’s very “fresh” patriotism
The chairman of the largest opposition party – Jarosław Kaczyński – responded to Tusk’s attacking post. The leader of Law and Justice (PiS) reminded the head of the coalition about his December 13 words claiming that “Polishness is abnormal.”
“Another manifestation of Prime Minister Tusk’s very ‘fresh’ patriotism. It’s as if he were saying that the leader of my favorite party once said that Polishness is abnormal… I don’t like either of them. Could it be that you are ashamed to admit that one of AfD’s allies claims he would most willingly sit down for coalition talks with you? Eloquent. (A statement ‘Never with Mentzen’ would be useful),” he wrote.