The Latest Breaking News from Donald Tusk

Trump to send additional 5,000 US troops to Poland

Trump said he had made the decision based on the election of the right-wing Polish President Karol Nawrocki.

Euronews · May 22

Poland welcomes US saying troop reduction is temporary

US officials have reassured Poland that the Pentagon hasn't ditched plans to send thousands of US troops to the country.

AAP · May 20

‘Europe will respond’ to repeated Russian drone incidents, von der Leyen vows

Drone panic gripped Lithuania on Wednesday as Vilnius shut down due to a suspected airspace incursion, grounding flights and prompting the evacuation of top leaders. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said threats like this are unacceptable – and promises “Europe will respond."

Euronews · May 20

Polish President Says The Country Could Host The Troops The U.S. Pulled From Germany

Polish President Karol Nawrocki vowed to lobby U.S. counterpart Donald Trump to get the country to host the troops Washington pulled from Germany.

International Business Times · May 7

Nato is ‘disintegrating’, Donald Tusk says in urgent call to action

‘The greatest threat to the transatlantic community are not its external enemies, but the ongoing disintegration of our alliance,’ Poland’s prime minister warns

The Independent UK · May 2

Journalist Andrzej Poczobut freed from prison in Belarus in US-brokered swap deal

Sakharov prize winner was given eight-year sentence after process widely condemned as politically motivated

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28

The Guardian view on Germany, Japan and the end of the postwar order: as US alliances crumble, a new world emerges

Editorial: Developments in Berlin and Tokyo show how far the strategic environment has shifted in response to authoritarian threat and American unpredictability

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24

Macron, Tusk push for deeper defence ties as Europe recalibrates security

France and Poland have stepped up efforts to deepen their strategic partnership, with Emmanuel Macron and Donald Tusk using a bilateral summit in Poland to inject fresh momentum into defence, industrial, and political cooperation.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 21

Hungary turns the page into uncertainty after Péter Magyar ends Viktor Orbán’s enduring rule

Hungary recently put an end to 16 years of Viktor Orbán’s rule when Péter Magyar’s Tisza party defeated him, winning a majority government in the country’s general elections. The result marks a major political turning point that’s likely to redefine the country’s institutions and its relations with the European Union,…

The Conversation · Apr 21

France and Poland discuss boosted defence ties as US commitment to Europe wavers

One theme Macron has repeatedly come back to is a "European preference" for military procurement to ensure greater independence and self-reliance on the continent.

Euronews · Apr 20