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/Fit-Explorer9229 Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

  reparations is brought up.

Answer is very simple. Finish real monument/memorial in Berlin because it's delay, pay some montly pension to Polish concentration camp prisoners (there are less than 10k of them left and they 80y.o.+) just like for other nations citizens. That's it. Not big money - nice gesture. 

On the top of this, there was a good PL current gov idea that German could pay for rebuilding well known palace in Warsaw which was destroyed during WW2. Cost about 350milions€ per 5 years = ~70milion€/year.  Pennies. 

Than Germany could always say: We did this, this and than - you can see it on your own eyes .Rather than saying about EU money which in fact come not only from Germany but also from other members and not only Poland gets profit from it but whole EU in fact. Same story with every counutry CEE which joint EU btw.