German Chancellor Friedrich Merz went to Warsaw Wednesday to meet with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
The couple discussed important questions for the European Union, international issues, defense and security, as well as German-Polish relations.
At a joint press conference after the meeting of the two closed -door leaders, Merz stressed the importance of ensuring the security of the EU borders, promising to take action to help fight illegal immigration.
Friedrich Merz said Germany would join an initiative head in the Netherlands, Denmark and Italy to tighten EU migration policies.
“There is an initiative of several European countries, Denmark, the Netherlands and Italy, many countries have joined this initiative to tighten European asylum and migration policies,” said Merz.
“My government, the new federal government will join this initiative. And we will try to make decisions together. We know in the end, we live in a world, where we can only give an answer throughout the European Union. And it is also the goal of the new federal government,” he added.
Tusk underlined the need for Berlin to increase his defense expenses to stimulate continental security.
“It is not easy, given the story, to say aloud, as a Polish Prime Minister, that I would very much like Germany to arm faster and more intensively,” said Tusk.
“Germany armed in Poland is not a popular slogan, but fortunately, we live today at times when there is another Germany, a different Poland, different threats.”
Merz says that his government plans to park more police at the country's borders to slow down illegal migration and even divert certain asylum seekers.
Additional sources • AP
