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Relations between Berlin and Warsaw are at boiling point as the EU threatens to mobilise Article 7 against Poland - the so-called nuclear option. The nation would lose its voting rights if the extraordinary measure is used. Now, a new row is erupting as Polish MPs call for Germany to pay Poland PLN 1.5 trillion (EUR 350 billion, USD 420 billion) in reparations for invading the country during WWII.

GETTY Jarosław Kaczyński - Pis Party - has claimed Poland has never been fairly compensated for WWII

Protesters take to the streets across Poland Mon, July 24, 2017 Thousands take to the streets across Poland to protest against the new bill changing the judiciary system. Play slideshow AFP/Getty Images 1 of 14 Protesters shout slogans during a protest in front of the presidential palace in Warsaw

The fact that we are a poor country does not come from the fact that we are idiots. The Germans burned our homeland Marek Jakubiak

Marek Jakubiak, a deputy for the anti-establishment Kukiz' 15 grouping, followed similar comments from his conservative peers. Jakubiak told public broadcaster Polish Radio: "The fact that we are a poor country does not come from the fact that we are idiots. The Germans burned our homeland. We we lost 50 years. "I do not want a war with the Germans, I do not want bad relations with Germany... The Germans have to pay for the damage done to Poland and then we will talk normally as partners.” Jarosław Kaczyński, head of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party revealed the matter is on his mind at a convention in July. He said gargantuan damages caused to his country were “really still not made up for”.

GETTY Jarosław Kaczyński is among the Polish politicians who belive Germany owes the nation

GETTY Polish people were murdered by the Nazis in Poland where they set up death camps