Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has promised to restore the rule of law and reset relations between Warsaw and Brussels. Poland has officially exited Article 7, the European Union’s exceptional mechanism to rein in countries that openly defy the bloc’s fundamental values. “We consider there is no longer a clear risk of a serious breach…
Polish PM Donald Tusk says ‘all for one, and one for all’ in thinly veiled riposte to Republican frontrunner European leaders have called for greater unity and military cooperation across the continent in response to comments from Donald Trump that threatened to undermine the basis of Nato. Donald Tusk, Poland’s prime minister, said on a visit to…
Broadcasters went off the air as opposition MPs barricaded themselves in public TV headquarters in an effort to stop the management changes. WARSAW — Poland’s new government moved Wednesday to seize control of the country’s publicly owned television, radio and news agency from the hands of loyalists to the Law and Justice (PiS) party, which…
Europe Letter: Hardball Kremlin tactics could again serve to unify western countries. The timing of Moscow’s move to cut gas to Bulgaria and Poland was telling. It came just as the European Union approached a breakthrough on sanctioning Russian oil imports. Just hours earlier the Polish and German governments had jointly announced a deal to…
Exclusive: Donald Tusk says it would still be better for both sides if UK stayed in EU. Donald Tusk said Brexit was one of the saddest experiences of his five years as European council president. Photograph: Mikhail Palinchak/Ukrinform/Barcroft Media Brexit has been “one of the most spectacular mistakes” in the history of the EU and…
A volunteer helps a young boy following a sea rescue operation near the Greek island of Lesbos on Nov. 27. ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES In 2015, at the start of the wave of migrants who hit European shores over the next few years, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that migration and asylum would “preoccupy Europe much,…
The campaign, called ‘Exit from with a New Deal for Britain and the EU‘, was launched by Henreich Weiss, Michael Rogowski, and Hans-Olaf Henkel, three former BDI Presidents – the equivalent of the British CBI – who share the “goal to prevent Brexit”. Mr. Henkel compared the campaign to the Battle of Britain. He said:…
The European Union is preparing to grant Britain a flexible three-month Brexit extension, according to a leaked draft of an agreement set to be signed off by Brussels. French President Emmanuel Macron had been pushing for a short extension of around two weeks. -Credit: PA A paper being circulated among member states, seen by The Guardian, would allow the…
Boris Johnson We should know on Wednesday night whether Boris Johnson has his Brexit deal proper, or whether he has an outline deal that will require a few more weeks of technical talks, or whether the gap is unbridgeable. Why? Because Donald Tusk has made it clear there will be no serious negotiations at the…
Mina Andreeva, file photo. [Europe by Satellite] Britain must pay its Brexit divorce bill even if it crashes out of the bloc without a deal, the EU said Monday (26 August), warning that future ties would be threatened if London failed to honor its commitments. The stern rebuff from Brussels came a day after British…