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Poland stuck to its guns Monday over its last-minute proposal of a rival candidate to succeed Donald Tusk as European Council president at a summit this week.

Poland on Saturday proposed a counter-candidate to Donald Tusk as European Council head, saying the Polish incumbent has hurt his country’s interests.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish government will oppose a second term for fellow Pole Donald Tusk as the European Council chief at next week’s EU summit, the head of Poland’s conservative ruling party said Tuesday.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence held a joint press conference with European Council President Donald Tusk on Monday in which Pence affirmed United States commitment to the European Union while also raising questions as to whether the U.S. supports the European Union’s “freedom of movement.”

Poland’s most powerful politician, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, says it’s not in his country’s interests for Donald Tusk to serve a second term as head of the European Council, a key European Union leadership position.

The European Left’s leading MEPs have written to the President of the European Commission and the President of the European Council, demanding that they block the appointment of Professor Ted Malloch as Donald Trump’s ambassador to the European Union (EU).

The President of the European Council has finally recognized that Europe cannot handle the massive influx of migrants crossing from North Africa into Italy and has called for measures to shut down the maritime route across the Strait of Sicily.

The Polish foreign minister, Witold Waszczykowski, has slammed the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, as an “icon of evil and stupidity”, urging him to stay “far away from Poland”.

European Council President Donald Tusk told British MPs, Eurosceptics, and Brexit voters are to blame for feelings of “anxiety” among European Union (EU) migrants.

On Friday, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein of Jordan, called the siege and bombing of Aleppo by Russian and Syrian forces “crimes of historic proportions,” described the besieged city as a “slaughterhouse,” and called for prosecution by the International Criminal Court.

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Populism is a “virus” that poses the main threat to the European Union (EU) project, European Council President Donald Tusk warned in an address to an influential Brussels think tank with close ties to the Open Society Foundations.

Israeli and Palestinian leaders shook hands during a brief chat and U.S. President Barack Obama gently reminded them of the “unfinished business of peace” at the funeral Friday of Shimon Peres, the last of a generation of Israel’s founding fathers.

Britain will invoke Article 50, triggering the process to leave the European Union, in January or February EU Officials have claimed, following confidential talks with the Prime Minister Theresa May. Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, told a

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Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, has slammed open borders, linking migration to the terror threat, and insisted the European Union (EU) must “never again… allow our borders to be overrun with irregular migrants as in 2015”.

(Reuters) – Britain should start talks to leave the European Union as soon as possible, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Thursday, adding weight to calls for Prime Minister Theresa May to get on with the formal divorce procedure.

(AFP) Europe is “close to limits” on its ability to accept new waves of refugees, EU President Donald Tusk said Sunday, urging the broader international community to shoulder its share of the burden.

(Reuters) – The EU must not let Britain profit from leaving the bloc as that could inspire other states to follow suit, European Council President Donald Tusk said, echoing other policymakers in signalling a tough stance in upcoming Brexit negotiations.

(AP) – The head of the European Council says the European Union must wait for the British government to decide whether to leave the bloc or stay in it. Donald Tusk says Thursday that the European Treaty puts no pressure

Radio Poland announced on Wednesday that all un-cremated bodies from the 2010 plane crash in Smolensk, Russia, will be exhumed. The crash claimed 96 victims, including President Lech Kaczynski.

British entrepreneurs are on track to start up a record number of businesses this year, ignoring the doom and gloom forecasts from pro-Remain economists in the run up to the EU referendum. 91,618 new businesses have been formed in the

A former UKIP parliamentary candidate has recorded her second parody song to promote the Brexit campaign in the upcoming referendum. Mother of two Mandy Boylett, the unsuccessful UKIP candidate for Stockton North at the 2015 General Election, has a history of producing musical

ISE-SHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – European Council President Donald Tusk said on Thursday he would like the global community to show solidarity regarding the refugee crisis and recognise it is a global problem.

In his acceptance speech for the International Charlemagne Prize Friday, Pope Francis decried Europe’s trend toward disintegration and the renewed nationalism of member states, as well as its mishandling of immigration.

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Speaking today to the European Parliament about the “never-ending story” of the migrant crisis, the President of the European Council defended the EU/Turkey pact, while conceding it is not “ideal”. Donald Tusk, the former Prime Minister of Poland and now President

(Reuters) – European Council President Donald Tusk has stressed in a note to EU leaders that a planned deal with Turkey to stem the flow of migrants to Greek islands will be a “temporary and extraordinary measure”. The note, seen

(AFP) – EU interior ministers were set to meet in Brussels Thursday to discuss the migrant crisis after western Balkan nations slammed shut their borders, exacerbating a dire humanitarian situation on the Macedonian frontier. The scheduled two-day meeting will tackle

EU President Donald Tusk on Thursday warned economic migrants not to come to Europe as he held talks in Greece and Turkey, nations on the frontline of the refugee crisis. “I want to appeal to all potential illegal economic migrants

The quest to prevent Britain crashing out of the European Union faces its moment of truth this week, with EU chief Donald Tusk (pictured) touring key capitals in a final push for a deal at a crucial Brussels summit. Many

The text of a draft deal intended to meet David Cameron’s European Union (EU) reform demands has been published by European Council President Donald Tusk (above, right). Mr Cameron (left) now has to convince other EU leaders to sign up to his EU reform proposal at

The head of the European Council will on Tuesday present a “new settlement” proposal in talks with Britain on reforms aimed at keeping the country in the 28-nation bloc. The move came after British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Ian Paisley Jr has predicted today that Britain’s European Union membership referendum is set to take place on June 23rd 2016, echoing predictions made by UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage, who has previously claimed

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Prime Minister David Cameron’s proposed European Union (EU) reforms would not fundamentally change Britain’s relationship with the bloc and there is no certainty anything promised would actually be delivered, a committee of lawmakers said on Tuesday. Last month, Cameron set