Donald Tusk

Polish politician and former president of European Council

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Ursula von der Leyen is taking a scissors to EU’s ‘red tape’ perception

US envoy hails Ukraine’s ‘courageous’ leader as talks ‘restore hope’ for Kyiv after bruising week

Top EU officials expected in Ukraine to mark three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion

European leaders say peace deal cannot be dictated to Ukraine

Emergency summit of European leaders comes at same time US and Russia meet in Saudi Arabia

Starmer and Tusk to join Macron-led crisis summit in Paris for talks on Trump’s Ukraine plan

UK and Polish prime ministers among leaders invited to French capital on Monday for talks amid fears US leader is sidelining allies

Golden rule of Munich Security Conference goes out window as Vance lectures on ‘enemy within’

Czech president says European countries cannot be excluded from Ukraine ceasefire talks if they are to take more responsibility for security

EU leaders agree but disagree on defence

Analysis: Most EU members want to co-operate on defence, but have different ideas about what co-operation means

European political centre may regret borrowing from far-right’s migration playbook

By trying to cut off support for the far right, the European centre is normalising their extreme policies

Poland standing on the front line of Russia’s hybrid war with the EU

Facing Russian attempts to ‘weaponise’ migration, Poland takes a hard line on asylum

Trump’s second coming has echoes of a century ago and Yeats’s warning ‘the centre cannot hold’

Liberal democratic leaders out or embattled in office; the right on the rise ... Trump’s second coming has echoes of a century ago and Yeats’s warning that ‘the centre cannot hold’

Polish PM Donald Tusk emerges to take leading role on Ukraine

As Poland prepares to inherit European Union presidency, its prime minister is in the EU spotlight

Poland plays down prospect of sending peacekeepers to Ukraine

Donald Trump critical of long-range strikes against Russia carried out with US missiles by Kyiv

Ambitious plans of new European Commission tee up fights to come

EU countries likely to be at odds over how to pay for what will be mounting spending commitments

European asylum policy continues to shift to the right

Under pressure from the far right, focus of EU leaders moves to more deportations and tighter borders

EU leaders push for harder stance on asylum

Summit of European leaders hears call for firmer deportation policies as migration dominates agenda

Poland’s Tusk says he will protect Polish security at EU summit

President Andrzej Duda joined the criticism of the asylum policy adopted by the government, saying it would harm Belarusian dissidents fleeing repression

Central Europe counts cost of floods as Storm Boris prompts evacuations in Italy

EU pledges billions to repair efforts after deadly and devastating inundation

Ireland is clearly not neutral in Ukraine’s conflict with Russia and we need to stop pretending it is

Our obvious double standards on neutrality have not gone unnoticed in other EU countries, even if they do not say it openly

Government to make last minute lobbying push for EU commissioner job

Taoiseach Simon Harris due to discuss commissioner posts with Ursula von der Leyen this week

Poland marks 85th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion

Prime minister Donald Tusk says lessons of the past, and present Russian aggression, underline importance of strong defence

Kaczyński party faces funding cuts after Polish election commission ruling

PiS accused of plundering state coffers to fund failed 2023 campaign

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