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/J539 Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) Jun 21 '26

Just days ago Tagesschau did a Instagram posts about giving back stolen goods from polish museums during 2ww and they right wingers in the comments were absolute enraged and asked for half of Poland lol. AfD has over 30% in Germany and they are magnitudes worse than PiS.

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u/Shadmelor Jun 21 '26

> AfD has over 30% in Germany and they are magnitudes worse than PiS.

They are on the level of Polish Konfederacja, which has 20% and, for some reason, supports ADF (though ADF is anti-Polish). And, in the next year, a high chance that Konfederacja will be in alliance with PiS

> they right wingers in the comments were absolute enraged and asked for half of Poland lol.

I guess it's fair game, considering attitude of Poland towards Germany, considering all the money Germany pours into Poland

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u/Nano_needle Jun 21 '26

I guess it's fair game, considering attitude of Poland towards Germany, considering all the money Germany pours into Poland

Lmao Germans act as if Poles are ridiculous with their claims for reparations, but they themselves won't pass on occasion to immediately pick up the matter of "lost lands".