This was not an off the cuff comment, but a sit-down interview for the “Wprost” weekly and minister Glinski’s remarks about his [governing] party allegedly being treated by the opposition “like Jews were by Goebbels were bound to cause outrage.

– When a public figure expresses an opinion, it is immaterial what their intentions were. It’s the public reception that matters.  And this remark was a decidedly anti-Semitic – said Paulina Sawicka, Chair of the Open Republic Programme Board. – Polish-Israeli relations have deteriorated significantly at the beginning of the year because of the new law interpreted abroad as an attempt on censorship of scientific research. Remarks by among others, the Prime Minister Morawiecki about “the Jewish perpetrators” have made a bad situation worse. Ultimately, the ruling party has withdrawn the new law in the space of just one day.  But, here we go again, minister Glinski’s unfortunate words were immediately reported by Israeli and US media.