The German press of the Poles of the Ukrainians of Narrow is an awkward phrase, but it gives a real dispute: any German media links the deterioration of temper towards Ukrainians with the Polish debate on benefits, memory of Volyn and president Karol Nawrocki. The Polish answer must be simple: force against people is simply a crime, but a sovereign state has the right to require reciprocity, control of expenditure and historical truth.
German press with the Poles of the Ukrainians of Narrow: what is simply a fact
The German press of the Poles of the Ukrainians of Navrot writes present as if the Polish debate about Ukraine were proof of moral corruption of Poles. According to Interia's account, Berlin's diary "Die Tageszeitung" described cases of assault on Ukrainians in Poland and pointed to rhetoric, whose speech is to be given by president Karol Nawrocki. The same text mentions 180 reported hatred crimes against Ukrainian refugees and Ukrainian number representatives in the first half of the year, an increase of more than 30% compared to the erstwhile year.
There are 2 things to say at once, without moving for propaganda on any side. force against a man, besides against a Ukrainian surviving in Poland, is simply a crime and the state has a work to respond. At the same time, criticizing the privileges, costs, errors of migration policy and the worship of Bandera in Ukraine is not hatred. It is the average law of a nation that over the years has borne the burden of war beyond the east border.
Data on Ukrainians in Poland is not a publicist decoration
The dispute is not in vain. The Office for Foreigners stated that about 993 1000 Ukrainian citizens benefit from temporary protection in Poland, and women account for about 61% of this group. On the another hand, the government reported that persons with PESEL with UKR position may be legally resident in Poland until 4 March 2027.. The CSO, in the 2025 figures quoted by the public media, indicated about 1,679 million citizens Ukraine among foreigners residing in Poland.
These are numbers you can't talk about with moral blackmail. The Polish State has the right to know how many people are protected, how much it costs, who works, who benefits and what duties are active in the stay. This point of view is all the more essential due to the fact that the Polish public has been reading about relations with Ukraine, which must be based on reciprocity, not on the one-sided account of Warsaw.
Volyn and Bandera cult: the limit of Polish patience
German comments are eager to see "anti-Ukrainianity" in Polish assertiveness. That's a convenient thesis, due to the fact that it slows down from a serious conversation about history. The Institute of National Memory reminds that Volyn crime was an anti-Polish cultural cleansing of the nature of genocide, covering Volyn and east Galicia from 1943 to 1945. The IPN besides reports that over 1 100 1000 Poles were killed.
Should Poles pretend that the cult of Stepan Bandera and OUN-UPA in Ukraine does not be as a problem of memory policy? Nope. Polish aid for the fighting Ukraine cannot mean giving up the fact about the murdered Poles. This is what mature national realism looks like: to support a state that resists Russia and, at the same time, not to give its own memory to another people's interests.
Nawrocks and dispute over the language of sovereignty
Karol Nawrocki became a symbol of this change of speech for any abroad commentators. Polish right speaks louder about benefits, exhumations, reciprocity and borders. Good. The real problem isn't that the president or his facilities are formulating conditions. The problem would be a country that does not set conditions.
Poland must defender 2 lines. One: zero approval for attacks, humiliation and collective work towards Ukrainians as humans. Second: zero consent to gag the Polish debate. If anyone wants to talk about hate, show the perpetrators and conduct. If he wants to talk about politics, let him accept that the Polish people have the right to ask about their security, wallet and history.
Rate for Poland
The stakes are higher than 1 text in the German newspaper. The question is whether Poland will be a country that itself sets the conditions of its solidarity or a state raised from Berlin to silence. Helping Ukraine against Russian aggression makes sense erstwhile it besides serves the safety of Poland. The fact about Volyn makes sense erstwhile it is not put aside for an eternal "after".
Source: Interia for Die Tageszeitung, Office for Foreigners, gov.pl, IPN.
