A more stable relationship between Poland and Russia based on reconciliation might revive the reunification of Europe.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The government has been repairing Poland's image and its relations with the European Union and the world.
With respect to Euro-Atlantic integration, we have to realize that we need to normalize the relationships with our neighbors, and especially with Russia.
In the long run, Europe will certainly move toward unification. But it will be a process of push and pull, and there will be resistance.
Restoration of friendship with Russia, our biggest neighbor, is necessary for our peace and economy.
Overall relations between the North and the South have developed in favor of national reconciliation, unity and reunification.
The one great exception to the apathy on reunification is, naturally enough, Berlin. Encircled by the hostile Soviet Zone for ten years, at times blockaded and constantly at the Russians' mercy, Berliners are committed to this one goal with a unique urgency.
I would be delighted if the United States could have a positive relationship with Russia, and I would be thrilled if the Russian people, who are so capable, had a normal country that they could chart a different future.
NATO expansion and Russian expansion - one leads to the other, and one reflects the other.
Everyone in my country understands that Russia cannot do without Europe and that, vice versa, Europe cannot do without Russia. We depend on cooperation.
No matter who becomes chancellor, Poland and Germany will remain neighbours, strategic partners, not only within the European Union, but also world partners, and I don't believe anything could change in our relations.