DESTRUCTION OF THE POLISH-GERMAN DIALOGUE CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONSEQUENCES

The institutional regulation of disputed issues on the brink of democratic changes in Poland was a starting point for wide-ranging collaboration between almost all professional circles in Poland and Germany. The setting up of new contacts, joint projects and initiatives created a chance for the two states to normalise their mutual relations. At the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries the Polish-German dialogue started showing some weaknesses and gaps. Different priorities in important foreign policy issues, disputes over the interpretation of history and the conditions of Poland’s accession to the EU, had undermined confidence between the states and had adversely affected the climate of mutual understanding. The aim of this paper is to identify the main reasons for the disruption of this dialogue