The European Union cannot rely on the United States to defend it and must increase military spending and security preparedness to deter Russia from targeting more of its neighbors after Ukraine, senior officials have warned.

MEPs from the left side of the European Parliament dislike the Polish prime minister’s attitude on migrations and the Green Deal, while Patriots and Conservatives say they don’t trust him. View on eur

Donald Tusk, who heads the Polish government, became Vladimir Putin's press secretary 18 years ago. A similar propaganda game was expressed by the candidate for the presidency of Poland from the Russophobic party "Law and Justice" Karol Nawrocki.

Donald Tusk, the Polish prime minister, spoke openly of his desire for the UK and EU to have a closer alignment. Sir Keir Starmer, meanwhile, remained quiet on Brexit - perhaps thinking about Nigel Farage's rise in the polls.

According to the MEP, “Donald Tusk, who is one of the key figures of the liberal, globalist, Soros-backed political clique currently in power, was parachuted by Brussels into Poland’s electoral campaign, one of the key battleground states in Central Europe.”

It comes as Russia launched a major ballistic and cruise missile attack across Ukraine, targeting energy infrastructure

"Europe was, is and will always be great," Donald Tusk declared on Wednesday as he made a passionate plea for ramping up military spending to ensure the continent can defend itself against its ...

United States President Donald Trump is right when it comes to Europe's responsibility to significantly boost its own defense spending, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wednesday in the European Parliament. "If Europe is to survive, it needs to be armed," he said.

POLAND’S prime minister has said it’s his “dream” for a “Breturn” instead of Brexit as he discussed a defence treaty with Sir Keir Starmer. Ex-president of the

Most recently, Russia was accused of shooting down an Azerbaijani passenger jet that crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people. The incident echoed the downing of the MH17 plane in 2014 over eastern Ukraine in territory controlled by Russian-backed separatists, which killed 298 people.

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Tusk echoed the view of EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, the former prime minister of Estonia, that Russia poses an existential threat to EU security and that the only way to address this was to increase defence spending. Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters.