On Monday, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki slammed French President Emmanuel Macron for speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the fighting in Ukraine.
Since Russia invaded on February 24, the US and most other NATO countries have abandoned diplomacy with Putin or other high-level Russian officials. But Macron has maintained a line of communication with Putin, which Morawiecki likened to “negotiating with Hitler.”
“Mr. President Macron, how many times have you negotiated with Putin, what have you achieved? Have you stopped any of the actions that have taken place?” Morawiecki said at a press conference. “One should not negotiate with criminals, one should fight them … Nobody negotiated with Hitler. Would you negotiate with Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot?”
Macron’s office defended the French leader’s approach. “From the onset, the president has used all available means to make Putin stop the war: massive sanctions, support to Ukraine, demands made directly to President Putin during their calls,” a French presidential official said, according to Reuters.
Morawiecki also took a shot at Germany on Monday, calling it the “main roadblock” to adding tougher sanctions on Russia. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has also spoken with Putin after Russia invaded Ukraine as Berlin favors negotiations as a way to end the fighting.
Last week, Bloomberg reported that most NATO members were against Germany and France’s approach to Russia and didn’t think negotiations were worth pursuing. In recent comments, President Biden made it clear that he has no interest in diplomacy with Russia as he declared Putin “cannot remain in power.”
Maybe Macron just wanted to say goodbye before the cancer takes the dwarf away?
“If you want peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.”
–Desmond Tutu
Poland and the US are so undiplomatic that they do the world a favor when they eschew diplomacy.
Macron is trying his hardest to stop a Russia Vs NATO war. He should be praised.
If negotiating with Hitler, Stalin or Pol Pot saves lives, then of course you negotiate with them. The Polish PM could do the world a big favor by having a heart attack.
Morawiecki – looks like a jerk, sounds like a jerk. Poland not doing itself any favours in WW3
Damn right, he’s a crazy ultra-right wanker with a death wish. If you think Zelensky and his rabble of neo-Nazis is bad, just look at who’s running Poland
“Nobody negotiated with Hitler”… I call as my first witness Neville Chamberlain.
Morawiecki said at a press conference. “One should not negotiate with criminals, one should fight them … Nobody negotiated with Hitler. Would you negotiate with Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Biden, Trump, Obama, Bush, Clinton, the other Bush…?
I fixed that for him.
Another country heard from. Poland has has been taken more times then a brothel queen.
Now they want American nukes stationed in their country. Why make yourself a target? Now that is really low IQ!
My late father ex RAF 1937 to 46 had this odd saying “Noone likes the Poles” Starting to see why.
where does europe get it’s natural gas. where does it get it’s oil.
at some point those considerations will take precedence over other considerations.
It’s not just about where Europe DOES get its natural gas and oil.
It’s also about where Europe CAN get its natural gas and oil.