WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s local and regional elections over the weekend failed to give Prime Minister Donald Tusk the sweeping victory he had hoped for in his efforts to reverse eight years of rule by a populist party that was accused by the European Union of eroding democratic norms. Exit polls released after voting […]
The leaders of Germany, France and Poland insisted they were united in their support for Ukraine at a summit in Berlin on Friday, but did not address a much-debated question about whether European troops would be sent to fight in the war zone. “All three of us are serious about our support for Ukraine,” German […]
The leaders of France and Germany met in Berlin on Friday to discuss how to support Ukraine, with the Polish leader to join the two later in the day. Franco-German relations in particular are strained, and both French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reiterated their differing positions ahead of their meeting with […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was set to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Berlin on Friday, amidst growing Franco-German differences on Ukraine policy. The news portal Politico first reported the meeting early on Wednesday. Sources in government circles confirmed the story to dpa. It is the first meeting […]
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has spoken out in favour of a pan-European solution in the debate over a possible ban on grain imports from Russia and Belarus. “I am convinced that a joint European decision will be much more effective than decisions by individual countries,” he told the BNS agency during a visit to […]
(Bloomberg) — Poland’s premier admonished his Slovak counterpart at a high-level meeting in Prague over his criticism of military aid to Ukraine, laying bare European divisions over the region’s backing for Kyiv. Most Read from Bloomberg Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia, who returned to office last year on a campaign to halt weapon shipments […]
On 21 February, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed that Ukraine, Poland and the European Commission hold a joint meeting – in response to Polish farmers blocking checkpoints on the Polish-Ukrainian border. Source: European Pravda Details: In an appeal published in Ukrainian and Polish languages on social networks, the head of state said he ordered that the […]
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that economic disputes between Poland and Ukraine may cause a “sudden emergence of anti-Ukrainian sentiments,” the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported on Feb. 11. Tusk made the statement as Polish farmers launched a new wave of protests against imports from Ukraine, blocking several border crossings. In one incident on […]
PARIS (AP) — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk was traveling to Paris and Berlin on Monday in a diplomatic effort to rebuild key alliances as fears grow that former President Donald Trump could return to power in the United States and give Russia a free hand to expand its aggression in Europe. The meetings on […]
There is no fatigue from Ukraine in the European Union, but there is fatigue from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk after arriving at a meeting of the European Council, reported Interfax-Ukraine on Feb. 1. “There is no problem with the so-called fatigue from Ukraine,” Tusk said. “We are currently […]
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has stressed that his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban, who is holding up the adoption of a decision on additional aid to Ukraine at the EU level, is alone in this stance. Source: Ukrinform news agency, with reference to Donald Tusk at a press conference on 30 January, cited by European […]
(Bloomberg) — Poland’s parliament will investigate the alleged use of Pegasus spyware by former ruling nationalists, opening a new front in a clash between the country’s main political factions. Most Read from Bloomberg Lawmakers on Friday approved the selection of members of the commission, the latest probe into the activities of the Law & Justice-led […]