“It must become a habit, a tradition, that every healthy man in Poland should want to train to defend the homeland,” said Donald Tusk.

“It must become a habit, a tradition, that every healthy man in Poland should want to train to defend the homeland,” said Donald Tusk.
Bolstering Europe’s defences is the only way to “avoid a wider, large-scale conflict”, said the Polish prime minister.
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Ursula von der Leyen said she “welcomes [Tusk’s] commitment to put the rule of law at the top of the government agenda”.
After arriving in Brussels, Tusk said there is a “90% chance” he would be able to say tomorrow that he had secured the money.
“We come from different political camps but I am open to cooperation,” Duda told the new government.
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“The new coalition guarantees that we will return to the place Poland deserves,” said Tusk.
That paves the way for him to form a coalition government in the coming days, ending eight years of PiS rule.
It brings to an end eight years of rule by his national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party.
The organiser says that thousands of people have expressed interest in tickets, far more than they can accommodate.
Donald Tusk hopes to be sworn in as prime minister on Wednesday next week.
Tusk responded by dismissing the commission’s findings as a politically motivated attack.
Donald Tusk today warned that the plans epitomise the kind of “naive euro-enthusiasm” that caused Brexit.
A minister says the decision is due to the “very effective work” of the current government and not because Donald Tusk is set to come to power.