Warsaw announced on Friday that it had summoned the French ambassador to Poland to the Foreign Ministry, after remarks made by President Emmanuel Macron in Le Parisien on Thursday against the Polish head of government.
The head of state had accused Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of being "a far-right anti-Semite, who bans LGBT", after having already accused him of "interfering in the French political campaign", pointing his closeness to his far-right presidential rival Marine Le Pen.
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This reaction came after the words of the head of the Polish nationalist-populist government who attacked him on Monday for these telephone interviews with Vladimir Putin.
“Mr President Macron, how many times have you negotiated with Putin, what have you achieved?
We do not debate, we do not negotiate with criminals, criminals must be fought,” said Mr. Morawiecki.
Macron's remarks deemed "incomprehensible" by the Polish Prime Minister
“No one negotiated with Hitler.
Would you negotiate with Hitler, with Stalin, with Pol Pot”, asked the Polish Prime Minister, accusing certain European leaders of “procrastination” and “wooden language”.
This Friday, the spokesperson for the Polish government described President Macron's remarks on Friday as "incomprehensible" and attributed them to the "political emotions that accompany each electoral campaign".
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"Following the statements contained in the interview with the President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron at Le Parisien, the
(Polish)
Minister Zbigniew Rau has decided to summon the French ambassador", indicated on Twitter, the spokesperson for the Polish ministry. Foreign Affairs.
