Jan 27, 2025 · The transfer of the EU presidency from Viktor Orbán to Donald Tusk on 1 January has a symbolic dimension. These two politicians perhaps best represent the key dilemmas facing the Union – such as the future of Russia policy, liberal democracy, and EU solidarity and unity – and two radically different approaches to them.

Jan 22, 2025 · At the beginning of the year, Poland assumed the six-month Presidency of the EU Council under the guiding theme “Security, Europe!”. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk introduced the presidency’s priorities during a plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. In his address, the Prime Minister urged MEPs to act with courage.

Jan 22, 2025 · Prime Minister Donald Tusk presented the programme of the Polish presidency of the Council of the European Union at the plenary session of the European Parliament on 22 January. Read his full speech here.

From 2014 to 2019 Tusk was President of the European Council, and from 2019 to 2022 he was the president of the European People's Party (EPP). He co-founded the Civic Platform (PO) party in 2001 and has been its longtime leader, first from 2003 to 2014 and again since 2021.

Jan 22, 2025 · Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's address to the European Parliament on Wednesday garnered some warm applause for his stance on defence but criticism quickly emerged over his attack on the Green ...

Jan 22, 2025 · "Europe was, is and will always be great," Donald Tusk declared on Wednesday as he made a passionate plea for ramping up military spending to ensure the continent can defend itself against its ...

Dec 5, 2024 · Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk has named security, energy and competitiveness as the priorities for his nation's presidency of the European Union in the first half of 2025.

Dec 13, 2023 · Poland has a new prime minister, and Donald Tusk's pro-EU, pro-NATO stance marks a major shift for his country, and a notable bucking of a European trend to the right.

Dec 12, 2023 · Mr. Tusk has described himself as having four parallel identities: a proud son of Gdansk, the formerly German port city of Danzig on the Baltic Sea; a Kashubian, an ethnic minority native to...

Dec 12, 2023 · New Polish PM Donald Tusk has laid out his programme for government, promising major change after eight years of nationalist government. The plans include improving relations with the...