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 arrives to deliver his speech during the presentation of the programme of activities of the Polish Presidency, at the European Parliament, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 in Strasbourg, eastern France. ... In an address to EU lawmakers, Tusk urged the 27-nation bloc to “take control” of its own security and to ...

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 15, 2025 · Donald Tusk (born April 22, 1957, Gdańsk, Poland) is a member of the centrist Civic Platform party who returned to office as the prime minister of Poland in 2023 after the country experienced some eight years of increasingly authoritarian rule by …

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 ...

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 European...

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 11, 2023 · Poland's parliament backed Donald Tusk to become prime minister on Monday, ending eight years of nationalist rule and putting the country on track for a thawing of relations with the European...

May 6, 2024 · The European Union’s executive has decided to end its 6-year dispute with member state Poland. It says Prime Minister Donald Tusk has initiated the necessary changes to reverse what the bloc called the previous government’s backsliding on democratic principles.

Dec 3, 2024 · Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will be laser-focused on a presidency in the first half of next year — but it won’t be the one that allows Poland to shepherd legislation through the Council of the European Union.