Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk
Donald Franciszek Tusk; born 22 April 1957) is a Polish politician. He has been President of the European Council since 1 December 2014. Previously he was Prime Minister of Polandand a co-founder and chairman of the Civic Platformparty...
NationalityPolish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth22 April 1957
CityGdansk, Poland
CountryPoland
life
Quality of life is not only about what you find in the shops; it's about the landscape.
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Today, the most important political instrument in the hands of the opposition is the presidential veto.
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If there's one country that can be trusted to understand the complexity of history, it's Israel.
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My Kashubian family, like the Jews, are people who were born and live in border areas and were suspected by the Nazis and by the Communists of being disloyal.
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Poland is not a very large country, but it's also not a small country.
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For Poland, the United States is the most important ally.
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Poland is quite a mediocre country in some regards. The only natural resource that we have, and with which we can compete, is freedom.
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Im plain incapable of getting angry with Angela Merkel and likewise.
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We must go beyond being reactive and defensive. As Europeans we must regain our self-confidence and realize our own strengths.
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Poles must understand history but we must also overcome it if it is obstructing our contemporary goals.
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I will be engaging myself personally, as the head of the Polish government, in the optimization of conditions for the exploration, research, logistics and the business related to the production of shale gas.
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My government is in no sense anti-Russian.
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What we have to do is to definitively remove the last vestiges of power from those who treat terms such as liberal democracy, free markets and Europe with suspicion.
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I got into politics a little bit by chance, as a person from the first generation of the Solidarity movement.