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
believe constitute states strength vitality
We should believe in the strength and vitality of the values which constitute the E.U. and which neighbouring states can believe in and aspire to join.
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In Poland we still believe - and this certainly applies to my government - that greater competitiveness, and greater growth and savings are possible in an economy which is as sparely regulated as possible, where freedom, competition and private ownership are key values.
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I hope you are not thinking about delaying talks on creating the government by four weeks because of the presidential election.
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I want to say to the competition at Law and Justice we congratulate you. You won the election.
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You are ready to play with peoples' money in your political battles. What if after you win your next battle but hundreds of people line up in front of banks?
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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.