AJC – “Germany and Poland: Still Partners in the EU and the Transatlantic Community?”

Polish-German relations have been visibly less intensive in recent years, with Poland shifting on key political positions in Brussels. At the same time, Warsaw has never attached greater importance to its relationship with Washington and NATO, intensifying transatlantic military cooperation. Berlin, in comparison, remains an EU leader, but it’s no secret relations to the U.S. have been turbulent.

The differences are clear, but the strategic and political potential Germany and Poland share cannot be overlooked or downplayed. Will the efforts at positive neighborly relations both made in the early 1990s continue to develop? And how will this bilateral relationship affect building a renewed political architecture within the EU and NATO in an uncertain post-pandemic political reality?