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Donald Franciszek Tusk is a Polish politician, who was the president of the European Council from 2014 to 2019. He served as the prime minister of Poland from 2007 to 2014 and was a co-founder and chairman of the Civic Platform political party. On 20 November 2019, Tusk was elected as the president of the European People's Party , Europe's largest transnational political party.Tusk has been involved in Polish politics since the early 1990s, having founded several political parties and held elected office almost continuously since 1991. Tusk was one of the co-founders of the free-market-oriented Liberal Democratic Congress party. He entered the Sejm in 1991, but lost his seat in the 1993 election which went badly for the Congress.

In 1994, the Congress merged with the Democratic Union to form the Freedom Union. In 1997, Tusk was elected to the Senate, and became its deputy speaker. In 2001, he co-founded another centre-right liberal conservative party, Civic Platform , and he was again elected to the Sejm, and became its deputy speaker.He was elected prime minister in 2007 and with his party's victory in the 2011 Polish parliamentary election, he became the first prime minister to be re-elected since the fall of Communism in Poland. In 2014, he became president of the European Council and was re-elected to this position in 2017. He resigned as Polish prime minister to take the role, having been the longest-serving prime minister of the Third Polish Republic.



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Famous Donald Tusk Quotes

“I can confirm that Poland will join the euro zone, and not just because all the treaties are signed, but because I consider it of strategic interest both for Poland and the European Union. But only a fool would believe that the euro could provide a guarantee that a financial crisis would never happen again.”

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Interview with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/interview-with-polish-prime-minister-donald-tusk-i-m-incapable-of-getting-angry-with-angela-merkel-a-755965.html spiegel.de (28th April 2011)

“I'm incapable of getting angry with Angela Merkel.”

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Interview with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/interview-with-polish-prime-minister-donald-tusk-i-m-incapable-of-getting-angry-with-angela-merkel-a-755965.html spiegel.de (28th April 2011)

“We want to understand democracy as an endless discussion, or a constant debate when we choose a path. (…) But when the consensus comes, (…) we work as one body.”

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Speech during Platorma Obywatelska congress in Chorzów (29 June 2013)

“Europe should be grateful by President Trump, because thanks to him we have got rid of old illusions. He has made us realise that if you need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of your arm.”

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'Capricious': Donald Tusk condemns Trump administration https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/16/donald-tusk-condemns-donald-trump-transatlantic-trade-war, The Guardian, (16th May 2018)

“Europe is not old, haggard or barren. Europe is young, dynamic and vital. Our continent remains the best place in the world to live.”

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Speech to the European Parliament https://twitter.com/eucopresident/status/555009986515173376 (13 January 2015)

“It means that until 12 April, anything is possible: a deal, a long extension if the United Kingdom decided to rethink its strategy, or revoking Article 50, which is a prerogative of the UK government. The fate of Brexit is in the hands of our British friends. As the EU, we are prepared for the worst, but hope for the best. As you know, hope dies last.”

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Brexit's fate 'is in British hands', says Donald Tusk https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47672136 BBC News (22 March 2019)
2011, 2019

Donald Tusk Quotes

“It will make it more complicated and costly than today for all of us. This is the essence of Brexit.”

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Brexit means drifting apart but we don't want to build a wall - Tusk https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43314976 BBC News (7 March 2018)
2011, 2018

Making love

“There can be no frictionless trade outside of the customs union and the single market. Friction is an inevitable side-effect of Brexit by nature.”

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Donald Tusk asks UK for 'better' Northern Ireland idea https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43235794 BBC News (1 March 2018)
2011, 2018

Nature

“The EU will be able to rise to every scenario as long as we are not divided.”

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Donald Tusk: EU must stay united or face Brexit 'defeat' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41733429 BBC News (24 October 2017)
2011, 2017

“No-one will ever tell me that Brexit is a good thing because as I have always said, in fact, Brexit is only about damage control.”

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Brexit: Donald Tusk says not enough progress in talks https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41389498 BBC News (26 September 2017)
2011, 2017

“I still have dreams. Politics without dreams - it would be a nightmare.”

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Brexit: 'Dreamer' Tusk says UK may yet stay in the EU https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40362594 BBC News (22 June 2017)
2011, 2017

Dreams

“[I will] not co-operate on [a] no-deal.”

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Brexit: Donald Tusk and Boris Johnson clash over who is 'Mr No Deal' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49458293 BBC News (24 August 2019)

“I may be from the east but I am not a beast.”

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'Ireland first,' says Tusk after Varadkar meeting https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-43333274 BBC News (8 March 2018)

“Brexit means drifting apart but we don't want to build a wall.”

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Brexit means drifting apart but we don't want to build a wall - Tusk https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43314976 BBC News (7 March 2018)

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