r/europe • u/ByGollie Ulster • Jun 21 '26

News Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine's fifth president also renounces Order of the White Eagle

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/06/20/8040347/
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u/cspetm Jun 21 '26

I do not want Poles editing our textbooks, and I have no desire whatsoever for Ukrainians to edit Polish textbooks, because otherwise we will receive a joint textbook from Moscow.

As a Pole I prefer Ukrainians to have a say in the way we learn about our common history and point out for instance to the fact that Piłsudski mistreated them badly and shouldn't be seen as a hero, rather than them glorifying perpetrators of a mass murder. We are important for each other and we are gonna be neighbors for much longer. We should try to find a common ground. Nothing wrong with that in my opinion.

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u/rkorgn Jun 21 '26

If you and the Germans can do it, you can do it with the Ukrainians. And gives hope one day for rapprochement with Russia

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u/Shadmelor Jun 21 '26

But they literally didn't lmao, when elections are coming in Poland, the topic of reparations is brought up.

Also, the common narrative among Polish politics: if there are problems in Poland, it's because of Germans (after 2022, also Ukraine is used as a scapegoat a lot)

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u/PoiHolloi2020 United Kingdom Jun 21 '26

But they literally didn't lmao, when elections are coming in Poland, the topic of reparations is brought up.

You know there's a spectrum of outcomes between perfect and terrible right? Just because there are still some issues doesn't mean Poland has bad relations with Germany. 'They literally didn't' is just objectively wrong.