Polish president criticizes France, Germany

The Associated Press Published: August 16, 2008

WARSAW, Poland: Poland’s president criticized the way France and Germany have handled the crisis between Russia and Georgia, accusing them Saturday of being too soft on Moscow due to their commercial ties with Russia.

Lech Kaczynski also said that European Union policy was being decided by the two EU giants without taking into consideration the views of new EU members such as Poland that once fell under Moscow’s control during the Cold War.

“Once again, it turns out that the real decisions in this organization are being made between Berlin and Paris,” Kaczynski said in an interview published by the daily Rzeczpospolita and also posted on his official Web site.

“Saying that the Union will have a common policy toward Russia is laughable,” Kaczynski said.”

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