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Incoming German chancellor says Poland is a 'great nation'

"I am very happy that Poland is part of the EU and that people can get along with each other, but sometimes also struggle," Scholz said. Clemens Bilan/PAP/EPA

Olaf Scholz, the man expected to become the next German chancellor, said on Tuesday that Poland is a great nation and a “democracy”.

“I stood on the edge of Germany’s historical abyss…” The day West German Chancellor Willy Brandt stunned the world as he atoned for his country’s past

Commonly cited as one of the most iconic reconciliatory moments ever captured on camera, on this day 50 years ago the West German Chancellor, Willy Brandt, sank to his knees in Warsaw in atonement of his nation’s wartime atrocities.

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