Migration policy. Andrzej Duda: My questions were very upset by the prime minister. Does he have to make a “secret plan” of Berlin?

President Andrzej Duda assessed on Friday in social media that his questions about the Polish migration policy and the western border “very upset” by Prime Minister Donald Tusk. “Does he have to make a 'secret plan' of Berlin?” he asked. He made available a German article with reports that Germany's closed conversations with neighbors on the subject of “common rules of turning” migrants.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk visited the Polish-Belarusian border last Saturday, where he spoke of 98 % effectiveness in stopping attempts of its illegal exceeding. A few days later, the president on Wednesday Andrzej Duda He sent him a letter in which he inflicted to the head of government A number of questions about migration policyJ, including activities aimed at also protecting the western border. It happened the same day when Duda signed the asylum.

On Thursday, Tusk, when asked about this letter, replied that “nothing good can say about what the president has recently done, also about his list and questions.” – 131 days left and we can do it somehow he said, referring to the end of Duda's term.

President: Does the prime minister have to make a “secret plan” of Berlin?

On Friday evening, the president wrote on X that “Prime Minister Tusk really likes to brag about the protection of the border lately.”

“But only the Eastern – that is, the one we have previously strengthened despite his protests and attacks of PO politicians. Now my written questions about the western border and the threat of bringing illegal migrants to Poland from Germany upset the prime minister. he added.

The entry was joined by a link to the article in the German daily Die Welt.

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Reports of “Die Welt” about Merz's “Secret Plan”

According to German media on Friday, candidate for the position of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is to have a “secret plan” in the context of people applying for asylum. To this end, it is to conduct closed talks with the administrations of neighboring states – Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland and France O – according to “Die Welt” – “common rules for turning” migrants.

The issue of migration is one of the most important topics currently undergoing coalition talks in Germany between the ruling SPD and the winning CDU in recent elections. As German media reported on Friday, including “Die Welt”, “Bild” and “Frankfurter Rundschau”, one of the discussing issues is to turn migrants to the German border. According to these reports, SPD is in favor of close cooperation with neighboring countries and their actions only with their consent, while CDU with Friedrich Merza allows the unilateral action of German authorities, only notifying neighbors about sending migrants.

Last week, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Poland has a contract with Germany about the so -called migrants' reading, but because of how many refugees we accepted from Ukraine And due to migration pressure on the eastern border, we will not accept immigrants coming from other European countries.

What the president wrote to the prime minister

In his letter from Wednesday, Andrzej Duda wrote, among others, that “taking into account that now the presidency of the EU Council is held by Poland and in the face of fears of Polish citizens and reservations of the Member States as to the individual elements of the asylum and migration pact, including the refusal to implement it declared by the government, the following questions should be asked:

1) What actions did the Prime Minister take to counteract the transfer of migrants to Poland by the authorities of the Federal Republic of Germany?

2) What actions did the Prime Minister undertaken as part of the presidency in the field of ongoing work on the implementation of the asylum and migration at the European Union level to counteract the disadvantages of unfavorable solutions? What actions have been made so far to release Poland from the obligations provided for in the so -called solidarity pool, in particular from participation in the relocation (transfer) mechanism and financial contributions?

3) Do state bodies currently take action to implement the European Commission guidelines as to the implementation of the Pact, such as the construction of foreigners' integration centers? How many such centers are being created? How are they financed?

4) What actions were taken as part of the Polish Presidency to change the position of the European Commission and obtain financial support for the construction of border security to ensure the security of the EU external border? “