Chancellor Olaf Scholz is upgrading Germany’s relationship with Poland after Prime Minister Donald Tusk returned the nation to the European mainstream last year even as France’s lurch to the right throws ties off balance.

The rebalancing of bonds between the three European Union nations shows how election cycles that upend the political hierarchies in the bloc are transforming time-tested relationships.

"Germany wants Poland to have a very strong voice in Europe,” Scholz said alongside Tusk on Tuesday after a joint cabinet meeting in Warsaw, the first since 2018.