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European leaders have no moral right to attend the 9 May parade in Moscow, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said during a press conference in Amsterdam with Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof. According to Tusk, commemorating the victory over Nazism in the shadow of the Kremlin against the backdrop of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is political blindness.
“We all know where good and evil are, where the aggressor is and where the victim is. And if someone does not understand this, he or she puts himself or herself outside the European community,” the Polish prime minister stressed.
Tusk drew parallels between the tragedies of the past – the First and Second World Wars – and the current war in Ukraine, noting that Europe’s indifference at the time had already had disastrous consequences. “Europe can no longer afford to be blind or tolerant of evil,” he stressed.
Commenting on the possible presence of some world leaders at the parade in Moscow, including those from China or Brazil, Tusk said that “they have a different view of history”. At the same time, he said, Europeans cannot afford to be vague in their principles.
Separately, the Polish prime minister hinted at the position of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, which, in his opinion, is problematic. “The Polish and Dutch leaders know where they should be on that day – and with whom,” Tusk concluded.
