The Chief Advisor to Polish President Karol Nawrocki, Marcin Przydacz, has stated that Poland requires both stricter sanctions against Russia and continuous support for Ukraine. Przydacz noted that no state can sustain a war if its budget runs out of funds.
Speaking to “Welt,” the advisor-who previously served in the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was an MP for PiS until 2023-emphasized Poland’s two-pronged policy: maintaining a hard sanctions stance against Russia while providing financial and military aid to Ukraine.
Przydacz commented that Poland is currently calling for secondary sanctions, which target countries continuing business with Russia, noting that Europeans are bearing the costs of this system while others use it for their own economic gain. However, he declined to offer direct criticism regarding the U.S. diesel deal with Moscow, classifying it merely as a delivery agreement that will be evaluated in the context of upcoming midterm elections.
He also elaborated on Warsaw’s position concerning reparations for crimes committed by Germans in Poland during World War II. According to Przydacz, this issue is not legally debatable in Poland, and all political factions agree that Poland has never received compensation from Germany. Nevertheless, he argued it represents a matter of moral and historical obligation. Specifically, the presidential advisor demanded compensation for surviving former prisoners of concentration camps and forced laborers. He suggested that reparations could take the form of Germany participating in Polish defense spending or contributing to the procurement of Polish military equipment. Przydacz concluded that because Poland is the largest country on NATO’s eastern flank, it is securing the EU and NATO, and that this alignment would benefit everyone involved.
