Polish deputy PM says Germany wants to turn EU into ‘fourth reich’

Jarosaw Kaczyski's remarks in far-right newspaper are latest episode in Poland's lengthy standoff with EU

The head of Poland's ruling party, Jarosaw Kaczyski, has said Germany is trying to turn the EU into a federal German fourth reich".

Speaking to the far-right Polish newspaper GPC, the head of the Law and Justice party (PiS) said some countries are not enthusiastic at the prospect of a German fourth reich being built on the basis of the EU".