Donald Tusk
We explore the life of one of Europe’s most enduring politicians, from resistance in Communist-era Poland, to becoming prime minister of Poland, and then one of the EU’s top jobs.
After helping to secure strong results for opposition parties in Poland’s most recent election, former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk looks highly likely to return to his country’s top job.
Best known in the UK as a former President of the European Council, Donald Tusk is a political survivor, forged in the struggle and resistance against communist-era Poland in the 1980s, but who then went on to scale political heights at home and abroad again and again. So how did this son of Gdansk and self-confessed former football hooligan become one of Europe’s most enduring politicians?
Paul Connolly speaks to those who watched his ascent first hand.
Presenter: Paul Connolly
Producer: Natasha Fernandes
Assistant Producer: Nathan Gower
Editor: Richard Vadon
Sound Engineer: James Beard
Archive:
Speech by Donald Tusk as President of the European Council, 14th October 2016
Interview with Donald Tusk on the website of the European Council
Speech by Donald Tusk as President of the European Council, 6th February 2019
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