While EU Council president Donald Tusk (pictured) is preparing the anniversary of the Treaty of Rome Summit (25.03.2017), focusing of the ‘unity’ message of EU27 in post-Brexit era, the argument over his own re-appointment ignoring Polish government’s protest, remains open, poisoning the historic event. Although the Summit is informal, the open confrontation with Poland over…
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Tusk appointment as 'discord apple'
Poland will continue with the asymmetrical responses to European Union, obstructing bloc affairs in a line of protest to the EU imposing a Polish politician – Donald Tusk – as a chair of the EU Council meetings against the will of the Polish government. The foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski said Poland will “play a rough game”…
EU27 towards common defence
The plans to move forward with the EU Defence did not get consensus due to an asymmetrical answer of the Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo to the imposition of the rejected by Poland candidate – Donald Tusk – at the top of the European Council. Szydlo blamed Tusk a failure of impartiality, peddling hard in…
Kaczynski answer to Tusk reappointment
Poland’s ruling party leader, and one of the most influential EU politicians, Jaroslaw Kaczynski said, any talk of Poland wanting to leave the EU was “nonsense”, but he regretted the decision of the EU Council to appoint his compatiot Donald Tusk without approval of his coutnry. The decision by European Union leaders to reappoint Donald…
Tusk: will EU humiliate Poland?
Brussels. Talking to the EU journalists ahead of the Summit in Brussels, Prime Minister Beata Szydlo made clear that any pressure on Poland, even if in minority opposing over Donald Tusk second mandate as the president of the European Council , is unacceptable. Anyway it does not comply with the tradition of taking decisions in…
EU dilemma over Tusk reappointment
Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo’s reportedly will try to reason the fellow EU leaders to postpone their decision to endorse the second mandate to her compatriot the incumbent president of the European Council Donald Tusk. The Polish government is interested in entering a negotiation period, selecting a compromise candidate. Apparently, the Polish delegation will not…
Enda Kenny for EU Council president?
The otherwise dull formal procedure of the prolongation of the mandate to the EU Council president Donald Tusk turned into suspense when his own compatriots fiercely opposed his appointment. A week before the EU Summit Polish government declared MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski as a candidate for the post. “Jacek Saryusz-Wolski represents a high level of professionalism…
MEPs for EU-US visa reciporcity
The EU Commission is legally obliged to take measures temporarily reintroducing visa requirements for US citizens, given that Washington still does not grant visa-free access to nationals of five EU countries. In a resolution approved on Thursday, MEPs urge the Commission to adopt the necessary legal measures “within two months”. The text prepared by…
Poland opposes Tusk 2d mandate
Today Poland made clear it would oppose the re-appointment of its former prime minister Donald Tusk next week as the chairman of EU Council, responsible for preparing the meetings. The term of Tusk, who chairs the European Council, which brings together the leaders of the 28 member states of the European Union, ends in May….
Europol hits child abuse
Europol have joined forces with Romanian Police and law enforcement authorities in Poland in a joint operation that has led to the arrest of a man suspected of online child sexual exploitation. The investigation uncovered that, between July 2012 and November 2015, the man was distributing child sexual abuse material. The victim was a…
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