President insulted by German daily, PM calls for apology

"The President was offended, the country was offended," declared Fotyga. "Such a combination of obscene language and political references has to raise connotations with the language used by the nazi magazine Sturmer," stated Fotyga. According to media, the article was one of the reasons behind the cancellation of the meeting of the Polish, German and French Presidents. The Undersecretary of State at the President's Office Andrzej Krawczyk declared that the Polish position on the issue has already been submitted to the German side. Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz declared that the article was "disgusting" and added that "there must be some reaction." The editor-in-chief of the German daily which published the article declared she was sorry that the article was not read as a satire and added that she did not understand the reaction of the Polish authorities who question the freedom of press by their reaction to the satirical publication. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 3) E.B.