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{{Short description|Prime Minister of Poland (2007–2014; since 2023)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix    = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
| name                = Donald Tusk
| image               = Donald Tusk 2025 (2).jpg
| caption             = Tusk in 2025
| office              = [[Prime Minister of Poland]]
| president           = [[Andrzej Duda]]<br/>[[Karol Nawrocki]]
| deputy              = [[Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz]] <br/> [[Krzysztof Gawkowski]] <br/> [[Radosław Sikorski]]
| term_start          = 13 December 2023
| term_end            = 
| predecessor         = [[Mateusz Morawiecki]]
| successor           = 
| office1             = 
| president1          = [[Lech Kaczyński]]
{{Collapsible list|title=''See list''
|1=[[Bronisław Komorowski]] (acting)
|2=[[Bogdan Borusewicz]] (acting)
|3=[[Grzegorz Schetyna]] (acting)
}}
[[Bronisław Komorowski]]
| deputy1             = {{Collapsible list|title=''See list''
|1=[[Waldemar Pawlak]]
|2=[[Grzegorz Schetyna]]
|3=[[Janusz Piechociński]]
|4=[[Jacek Rostowski]]
|5=[[Elżbieta Bieńkowska]]}}
| term_start1         = 16 November 2007
| term_end1           = 22 September 2014
| predecessor1        = [[Jarosław Kaczyński]]
| successor1          = [[Ewa Kopacz]]
| office2             = [[President of the European Council]]
| term_start2         = 1 December 2014
| term_end2           = 30 November 2019
| predecessor2        = [[Herman Van Rompuy]]
| successor2          = [[Charles Michel]]
| office3             = Leader of the [[Civic Platform]]
| term_start3         = 3 July 2021
| term_end3           = 25 October 2025
| predecessor3        = [[Borys Budka]]
| successor3          = ''Position abolished''
| term_start4         = 1 June 2003
| term_end4           = 8 November 2014
| predecessor4        = [[Maciej Płażyński]]
| successor4          = [[Ewa Kopacz]]
| office5             = President of the [[European People's Party]]
| term_start5         = 1 December 2019
| term_end5           = 1 June 2022
| predecessor5        = [[Joseph Daul]]
| successor5          = [[Manfred Weber]]
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| office6             = [[Deputy Marshal of the Sejm]]
| term_start6         = 18 October 2001
| term_end6           = 18 October 2005
| alongside6          = [[Deputy Marshal of the Sejm#4th term (2001–2005)|others]]
| 1blankname6         = Marshal
| 1namedata6          = {{ubl|[[Marek Borowski]]|[[Józef Oleksy]]|[[Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz]]}}
| predecessor6        = [[Jan Król]]
| successor6          = Bronisław Komorowski
| office7             = [[Deputy Marshal of the Senate]]
| term_start7         = 20 October 1997
| term_end7           = 18 October 2001
| alongside7          = [[Deputy Marshal of the Senate of Poland#4th term (1997–2001)|others]]
| 1blankname7         = Marshal
| 1namedata7          = [[Alicja Grześkowiak]]
| predecessor7        = [[Zofia Kuratowska]]
| successor7          = [[Kazimierz Kutz]]
| office8             = [[10th term Sejm and 11th term Senate of Poland|Member of the Sejm]]
| term_start8         = 13 November 2023
| term_end8           =
| constituency8       = [[Sejm Constituency no. 19|Warsaw I]]
| term_start9         = 18 October 2001
| term_end            = 23 September 2014
| constituency9       = [[Sejm Constituency no. 19|Warsaw I]] (2007–2014)<br/>[[Sejm Constituency no. 25|Gdańsk]] (2005–2007)<br/>[[Sejm Constituency no. 26|Gdynia]] (2001–2005)
| term_start10        = 25 November 1991
| term_end10          = 31 May 1993
| constituency10      = [[Gdańsk]]
| office11            = [[Senate of Poland|Member of the Senate]]
| term_start11        = 20 October 1997
| term_end11          = 18 October 2001
| constituency11      = [[Pomeranian Voivodeship|Pomerania]]{{Collapsed infobox section end}} }}
| birth_name          = Donald Franciszek Tusk
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=y|1957|4|22}}
| birth_place         = [[Gdańsk]], Poland
| party               = {{ubl|[[Civic Coalition (party)|Civic Coalition]] (since 2025)|[[Civic Platform]] (2001–2025)|[[Freedom Union (Poland)|Freedom Union]] (1994–2001)|[[Liberal Democratic Congress]] (1990–1994)}}
| otherparty          = '''''Poland:'''''<br />[[Civic Coalition (Poland)|Civic Coalition]] (since 2018)<br />'''''European Union:'''''<br />[[European People's Party]] (2014–2022)
| spouse              = {{marriage|Małgorzata Sochacka|1978}}
| children            = 2
| education           = [[University of Gdańsk]]
| signature           = Donald Tusk Signature 2.svg
| awards              = {{Collapsible list|title={{nobold|''See list''}}|{{ubl|item_style={{longitem}}|
| [[Order of the Sun of Peru]]
| [[Royal Norwegian Order of Merit]]
| [[Charlemagne Prize]]
| [[Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana]]
| [[National Order of Merit (Malta)]]
| [[Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise]]
| [[Order of the Star of Romania]]
| [[Order of the Rising Sun]]
| [[Presidential Order of Excellence]]}}}}
| website             = 
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{{Liberalism in Poland|Politicians}}
'''Donald Franciszek Tusk'''{{efn|{{IPAc-en|t|uː|s|k}} {{respell|TOOSK}}; {{IPA|pl|ˈdɔnalt fraɲˈt͡ɕiʂɛk ˈtusk|lang|Pl-Donald Franciszek Tusk.ogg}}}} (born 22 April 1957) is a Polish politician and historian who has served as the [[prime minister of Poland]] since 2023, previously holding the office from 2007 to 2014. Tusk was [[President of the European Council]] from 2014 to 2019 and led the [[European People's Party]] from 2019 to 2022. He co-founded the [[Civic Platform]] (PO), one of the dominant Polish political parties, and has been its longtime leader – from 2003 to 2014 and again from 2021 to 2025, when it merged into the [[Civic Coalition (party)|Civic Coalition]] (KO) party. He is the longest-serving prime minister of the [[History of Poland (1989–present)|Third Polish Republic]].

Tusk has been officially involved in politics since 1989, having co-founded multiple political parties, such as the [[free market]]–oriented [[Liberal Democratic Congress]] party (KLD). He first entered the [[Sejm]] in 1991 but lost his seat in 1993. In 1994, the KLD merged with the [[Democratic Union (Poland)|Democratic Union]] to form the [[Freedom Union (Poland)|Freedom Union]]. In 1997, Tusk was elected to the [[Senate of Poland|Senate]] and became its [[Marshal of the Senate of Poland|deputy marshal]]. In 2001, he co-founded another centre-right [[liberal conservative]] party, the PO, and was again elected to the Sejm, becoming its [[Marshal of the Sejm|deputy marshal]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Donald-Tusk |title=Donald Tusk |access-date=29 October 2017 |archive-date=29 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029175914/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Donald-Tusk |url-status=live }}</ref> Tusk stood unsuccessfully for [[President of Poland]] in the [[2005 Polish presidential election|2005 election]] and would also suffer defeat in the [[2005 Polish parliamentary election]].

Leading the PO to victory at the [[2007 Polish parliamentary election|2007 parliamentary election]], he was appointed prime minister, and scored a second victory in the [[2011 Polish parliamentary election|2011 election]], becoming the first Polish prime minister to be re-elected since the [[Fall of communism in Poland|fall of communism]] in 1989.<ref name="PSL want to continue coalition in next year's general election">{{cite news|title=PSL want to continue coalition in next year's general election|url=http://www.thenews.pl/national/?id=143700|publisher=[[Polskie Radio]]|date=18 November 2010|access-date=20 December 2010|archive-date=6 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406143549/http://www.thenews.pl/national/?id=143700|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, he left Polish politics to accept appointment as president of the European Council. The Civic Platform would lose control of both the presidency and parliament to the rival [[Law and Justice]] (PiS) party in the [[2015 Polish presidential election]] and [[2015 Polish parliamentary election]]. Tusk was President of the European Council until 2019; although initially remaining in [[Brussels]] as leader of the EPP, he later returned to Polish politics in 2021, becoming leader of the Civic Platform again. In the [[2023 Polish parliamentary election|2023 election]], his [[Civic Coalition (Poland)|Civic Coalition]] won 157 seats in the Sejm to become the second-largest bloc in the chamber. Following the [[President of Poland|president]]-appointed prime minister [[Mateusz Morawiecki]]'s failure to secure a vote of confidence on 11 December, Tusk was elected by the Sejm to become prime minister for a third time. [[Third Cabinet of Donald Tusk|His cabinet]] was sworn in on 13 December, ending eight years of government by the PiS party.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Higgins |first=Andrew |date=11 December 2023 |title=Donald Tusk Chosen as Poland's Prime Minister After Rival Is Rejected |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/world/europe/poland-donald-tusk-government.html |access-date=11 December 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211214554/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/world/europe/poland-donald-tusk-government.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Having been the longest-serving prime minister of the [[History of Poland (1989–present)|Third Republic]], Tusk oversaw in his first term the reduction and digitization of the public sector, wishing to present himself as a pragmatic liberal realist and [[technocracy|technocrat]]. In the lead-up to the co-organization by Poland of [[Euro 2012]], he invested strongly in infrastructure, expanding the highway network at the cost of the rail sector. In his second term, various scandals, unfulfilled promises and a cooling of the economy in 2012–2014 as his [[European debt crisis]]-related [[austerity]] policies led to a drop in public support.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url = https://www.economist.com/europe/2012/10/27/tusk-tusk|title = Tusk, tusk|newspaper = The Economist|date = 27 October 2012|access-date = 20 August 2021|archive-date = 20 August 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210820044150/https://www.economist.com/europe/2012/10/27/tusk-tusk|url-status = live}}</ref> In the landscape dominated by the PiS after its electoral victories, as an influential holdout he opposed what he considered its [[democratic backsliding]]. Returning to power in 2023, he has focused on reforming the [[rule of law|judiciary]] and warming relations between Poland and the EU. Since then, as PM, Tusk has continued [[Poland-Ukraine relations|aid to Ukraine]] after the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion]]. In 2024, he surprised the public with his appropriation of right-wing themes, such as opposition to illegal migration, prioritizing border security, going as far as to suspend the [[right of asylum]] for those who  illegally cross the [[Belarus–Poland border]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-donald-tusk-asylum-right-border-migration-belarus-russia-hybrid-war-eu/|title = Poland to suspend right to asylum as 'hybrid war' escalates on Belarus border|newspaper = Politico|date = 12 October 2024|access-date = 17 October 2024}}</ref>

==Early life==
Tusk was born and raised in [[Gdańsk]] in Northern Poland.<ref name="guardian profile">{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/22/marktran1 | title=Donald Tusk | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=22 October 2007 | access-date=10 March 2017 | archive-date=12 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312081242/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/22/marktran1 | url-status=live }}</ref> He has [[Polish people|Polish]], [[German minority in Poland|German]] (through his maternal grandmother)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.pl/polska/zmarla-matka-donalda-tuska,38309,1,1.html|title=Zmarła matka Donalda Tuska|date=7 April 2009|work=Newsweek.pl|language=pl-PL|access-date=30 November 2017|archive-date=6 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206202606/http://www.newsweek.pl/polska/zmarla-matka-donalda-tuska,38309,1,1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Kashubians|Kashubian]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tvn24.pl/pomorze,42/tusk-kaszuba-to-jest-polak-pewien-rodzaj-polaka-tak-jak-i-slazak,378216.html|title=Tusk: Kaszuba to jest Polak, pewien rodzaj Polaka, tak jak i Ślązak|work=TVN24.pl|date=9 December 2013|access-date=30 November 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033820/https://www.tvn24.pl/pomorze,42/tusk-kaszuba-to-jest-polak-pewien-rodzaj-polaka-tak-jak-i-slazak,378216.html|url-status=live}}</ref> origins, self-identifying as Polish, Kashubian and European.<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Cygan |first=Damian |user=DamianCygan |number=918177281306189824 |date=11 October 2017 |title= "Przedstawiciel mniejszości etnicznej, Kaszub z doświadczeniami polskimi" – @donaldtusk o sobie w @FaktyTVN. |language=pl |access-date=30 November 2017 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/jSVpO |archive-date=2 October 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> His father, Donald Tusk Sr. (1929–1972), was a carpenter whilst his mother, Ewa Tusk née Dawidowska (1934–2009),<ref>{{cite news |date=7 April 2009 |url=http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,114873,6475126,Zmarla_matka_premiera_Donalda_Tuska.html |title=Zmarła matka premiera Donalda Tuska |newspaper=Wiadomosci |access-date=14 March 2010 |archive-date=18 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918111001/http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1%2C114873%2C6475126%2CZmarla_matka_premiera_Donalda_Tuska.html}}</ref><ref>[http://polska.newsweek.pl/zmarla-matka-donalda-tuska,38309,1,1.html Death of Ewa Tusk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107133143/http://polska.newsweek.pl/zmarla-matka-donalda-tuska,38309,1,1.html |date=7 January 2016}}, polska.newsweek.pl; accessed 4 November 2014.</ref> was a nurse.<ref name="guardian profile"/> His maternal grandmother's native language was [[Danzig German]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Wohin steuert Polen?: das schwierige Erbe der Kaczyńskis|author=Reinhold Vetter|publisher=Ch. Links Verlag}}</ref>

His paternal grandfather, [[Józef Tusk]] (1907–1987), a [[luthier]] and railway official, was imprisoned in the [[Neuengamme concentration camp]] from 1942 to 1944. As a former citizen of the [[Free City of Danzig]], he was subsequently forcibly conscripted into the [[Wehrmacht]] by the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] authorities. Stationed on the Western front in [[Aachen]], he defected after four months and joined the [[Polish Armed Forces in the West]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7056054.stm |title=Donald Tusk |work=[[BBC News]] |date=22 October 2007 |access-date=14 March 2010 |archive-date=20 April 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420195602/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7056054.stm}}</ref> fighting alongside the Western Allies.

Tusk has described the city of his youth as "a typical frontier town" with "many borders between ethnicities". His Kashubian ancestry along with a multilingual family background shaped his early awareness that "nothing is simple in life or in history", leading him to develop a political perspective that "it is best to be immune to every kind of orthodoxy, of ideology, and most importantly, nationalism".<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |url=https://www.ft.com/content/72d9b928-7558-11e4-b1bf-00144feabdc0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181001114602/https://www.ft.com/content/72d9b928-7558-11e4-b1bf-00144feabdc0 |archive-date=1 October 2018 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Lunch with the FT: Donald Tusk |first=Henry |last=Foy |publisher=The Financial Times Ltd |date=28 November 2014 |access-date=7 February 2019}}</ref>

He recalled his youth under communism as having been "so hopeless" due to its monotony, with "no hope for anything to change". He considers his young self a "typical hooligan", often getting into fights – "we would roam the streets, you know, cruising for a bruising".<ref name="auto1"/> Tusk credits his interest in politics to witnessing clashes between striking workers and [[ZOMO|riot police]] as a teenager.<ref name="guardian profile"/>

He studied history at the [[University of Gdańsk]], graduating in 1980.<ref name="cnn profile">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/30/poland.donald.tusk.profile/index.html |title=Introducing Poland's prime minister: Donald Tusk |publisher=CNN |date=6 October 2008 |access-date=10 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806073101/http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/30/poland.donald.tusk.profile/index.html |archive-date=6 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> During his time at university he was active in the [[Student Committee of Solidarity]], opposing Poland's communist regime of the time.<ref name="cnn profile"/>

==Early political career==
Tusk was one of the founders of the [[Liberal Democratic Congress]] (Kongres Liberalno-Demokratyczny KLD), which in the 1991 elections won 37 seats in the lower house of parliament.<ref name="cnn profile"/> The KLD later merged with the Democratic Union (UD) to become the Freedom Union (UW).<ref name="cnn profile"/> Tusk became deputy chairman of the new party, and was elected to the Senate in the next election in 1997.<ref name="cnn profile"/> In 2001, he co-founded [[Civic Platform]], and became deputy speaker in parliament after the party won seats in the year's election.<ref name="guardian profile"/>

==2005 Polish presidential election==
{{main|2005 Polish presidential election}}

In the shade of the upcoming expiration of President [[Aleksander Kwaśniewski]]'s second term and his inability to stand for a third term, Tusk and [[Lech Kaczyński]] were the leading candidates for the presidential elections. Although both leading candidates came from the center-right, and their two parties had planned to form a coalition government following the [[2005 Polish parliamentary election|parliamentary elections]] on 25 September, there were important differences between Tusk and Kaczyński. Tusk wanted to enforce a [[separation of church and state]], favoured rapid [[European integration]] and supported a [[free-market economy]]. Kaczyński was very [[Social conservatism|socially conservative]], a [[Soft Euroscepticism|soft Eurosceptic]], and supported [[state intervention]]. Such differences led to the failure of [[POPiS]] coalition talks in late October. [[Jacek Protasiewicz]] headed his electoral campaign staff. Tusk's campaign motto was, "President Tusk – A man with principles; We will be proud of Poland." In the election, Tusk received 36.6% of votes in the first round and then faced Kaczyński, who got 33.1% of votes in the first round.

In the second round, Tusk was defeated by Kaczyński.

One controversy during the election was the accusation that Tusk's grandfather, [[Józef Tusk]], had been a [[Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy|Nazi collaborator]] during [[WWII]], having served in the German [[Wehrmacht]] during the war. The controversy, according to the [[BBC]], "is believed to have influenced some voters negatively".<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7056054.stm | title=Profile: Donald Tusk | date=22 October 2007 | access-date=30 April 2022 | archive-date=2 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002205346/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7056054.stm | url-status=live }}</ref>

==First premiership (2007–2014)==
{{main|First Cabinet of Donald Tusk|Second Cabinet of Donald Tusk}}
Tusk and his Civic Platform party emerged victorious in the [[2007 Polish parliamentary election]], defeating incumbent Prime Minister [[Jarosław Kaczyński]]'s [[Law and Justice]] party with about 42% of the vote to Law and Justice's 32%.<ref name="reuters 2007">{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-election-idUSL1622600520071021 | title=Poland's Kaczynskis lose election | publisher=Reuters | date=21 October 2007 | access-date=10 March 2017 | archive-date=12 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312044718/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-election-idUSL1622600520071021 | url-status=live }}</ref> Tusk and his assembled cabinet were sworn in on 16 November, as he became the fourteenth prime minister of the Third Polish Republic.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenews.pl/national/?id=69544 |publisher=[[Polskie Radio]] |title=Tusk takes over as PM |date=16 October 2007 |access-date=5 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002053309/http://www.thenews.pl/national/?id=69544 |archive-date=2 October 2011}}</ref>

In the [[2011 Polish parliamentary election]], Civic Platform retained their Parliamentary majority, giving Tusk a second term as prime minister and making him Poland's first PM to win reelection since the fall of communism.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2011/1011/Poland-election-In-historic-first-PM-gets-a-second-term | title=Poland election: In historic first, PM gets a second term | newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor | date=11 October 2011 | access-date=10 March 2017 | archive-date=12 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312070730/http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2011/1011/Poland-election-In-historic-first-PM-gets-a-second-term | url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2014, leaders of the [[European Union]] voted unanimously by selecting Tusk as [[Herman Van Rompuy|Herman van Rompuy]]'s successor for [[President of the European Council]], which gave Poland its first European leadership position since the [[fall of the Berlin Wall]]. Tusk resigned as prime minister and was succeeded by Marshal of the Sejm [[Ewa Kopacz]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29134990 | title=Polish PM Tusk resigns to take European Council role | work=BBC News | date=9 September 2014 | access-date=10 March 2017 | archive-date=12 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312092525/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29134990 | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Domestic policy===
During the 2007 parliamentary election campaign and initially, when he entered office, Tusk promised to continue the [[free market]] policies, streamline the bureaucracy, enact long-term stable governance, cut taxes to attract greater foreign business ventures, encourage Polish citizens living overseas to return to Poland, and privatize state-owned companies.<ref name=time>{{cite news |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1729145-1,00.html |access-date=5 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928000209/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C1729145-1%2C00.html |title=Remaking Poland |date=8 September 2008 |magazine=Time |archive-date=28 September 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> While in office, Tusk changed his views on the role of taxation in the functioning of the state and his government never cut any taxes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://natemat.pl/100997,tusk-kiedys-chcial-obnizac-podatki |work=natemat.pl |title=Tusk przeprasza za to, że chciał obniżać podatki. Kiedyś mówił: "Kieszeń podatnika jest nadmiernie obciążona" |date=8 May 2014 |access-date=1 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903065428/http://natemat.pl/100997%2Ctusk-kiedys-chcial-obnizac-podatki |archive-date=3 September 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Instead, it raised [[value-added tax|VAT]] from 22% to 23% in 2011,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ekonomia.rp.pl/artykul/517559-Plan-przyjety--VAT-w-gore.html |title=Plan przyjęty, VAT w górę |publisher=rp.pl |date=8 March 2010 |access-date=31 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927235812/http://www.ekonomia.rp.pl/artykul/517559-Plan-przyjety--VAT-w-gore.html |archive-date=27 September 2014}}</ref> increased the tax imposed on diesel oil, alcohol, tobacco and coal,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forsal.pl/artykuly/736318,rzad-podwyzsza-akcyze-i-zamraza-place.html |title=Rząd podwyższa akcyzę i zamraża płace |date=2 October 2013 |publisher=forsal.pl |language=pl |access-date=31 August 2014 |archive-date=16 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416211504/http://forsal.pl/artykuly/736318%2Crzad-podwyzsza-akcyze-i-zamraza-place.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=23 October 2011 |publisher=wyborcza.biz |url=http://wyborcza.biz/biznes/1,101562,10692214,Rzad_zaciska_pasa__zamraza_pensje__podnosi_akcyze.html |title=Rząd zaciska pasa: zamraża pensje, podnosi akcyzę na papierosy i paliwa |access-date=31 August 2014 |archive-date=16 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416210340/http://wyborcza.biz/biznes/1%2C101562%2C10692214%2CRzad_zaciska_pasa__zamraza_pensje__podnosi_akcyze.html}}</ref> and eliminated many [[tax exemption]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bankier.pl/wiadomosc/Dzis-dowiemy-sie-dlaczego-rzad-zabierze-nam-ulgi-2578419.html |title=Dziś dowiemy się, dlaczego rząd zabierze nam ulgi |date=26 July 2012 |publisher=bankier.pl |access-date=31 August 2014 |archive-date=16 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416191737/http://www.bankier.pl/wiadomosc/Dzis-dowiemy-sie-dlaczego-rzad-zabierze-nam-ulgi-2578419.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |language=pl |url=http://mamstartup.pl/poradnik/5299/zmiany-w-odliczaniu-vat-od-samochodow-sprawdz-ile-i-kiedy-mozesz-odliczyc |first=Sebastian |last=Bobrowski |title=Zmiany w odliczaniu VAT od samochodów. Sprawdź ile i kiedy możesz odliczyć |date=25 March 2014 |publisher=mamstartup.pl |access-date=31 August 2014 |archive-date=19 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419025848/http://mamstartup.pl/poradnik/5299/zmiany-w-odliczaniu-vat-od-samochodow-sprawdz-ile-i-kiedy-mozesz-odliczyc}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|language=pl|url=http://www.sejm.gov.pl/sejm7.nsf/agent.xsp?symbol=glosowania&nrkadencji=7&nrposiedzenia=3&nrglosowania=25|title=Głosowanie nad przyjęciem w całości projektu ustawy o zmianie niektórych ustaw związanych z realizacją ustawy budżetowej, w brzmieniu proponowanym przez Komisję Finansów Publicznych, wraz z przyjętymi poprawkami|date=16 December 2011|publisher=sejm.gov.pl|access-date=1 September 2014|archive-date=16 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416193659/http://www.sejm.gov.pl/sejm7.nsf/agent.xsp?symbol=glosowania&nrkadencji=7&nrposiedzenia=3&nrglosowania=25|url-status=live}}</ref> The number of people employed in [[public administration]] also grew considerably.<ref>{{cite web|date=2 July 2013 |language=pl |publisher=wyborcza.biz |access-date=1 September 2014 |url-status=live |url=http://wyborcza.biz/biznes/1,100896,14205993,Polska_krajem_biurokracji__Zamiast_ciac_etaty__rosnie.html |title=Polska krajem biurokracji. Zamiast ciąć etaty, rośnie armia urzędników |archive-date=16 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816055249/http://wyborcza.biz/biznes/1%2C100896%2C14205993%2CPolska_krajem_biurokracji__Zamiast_ciac_etaty__rosnie.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Economist]] |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2012/04/polish-bureaucracy |title=Polish bureaucracy. The Vogons of the east |date=26 April 2012 |access-date=1 September 2014 |archive-date=20 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020063039/https://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2012/04/polish-bureaucracy |url-status=live}}</ref> By 2012, the value of foreign investments in Poland had not matched the peak level attained in 2006–07, before Tusk entered office.<ref>{{cite web|language=pl |publisher=paiz.gov.pl |url=http://www.paiz.gov.pl/polska_w_liczbach/inwestycje_zagraniczne |title=Inwestycje zagraniczne |access-date=1 September 2014 |archive-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813020034/http://www.paiz.gov.pl/polska_w_liczbach/inwestycje_zagraniczne |url-status=live}}</ref> The number of Poles living abroad in 2013 was almost the same level as in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rp.pl/artykul/17,1143599-Emigracja-bliska-rekordu--Ci-ludzie-juz-nie-wroca.html |title=Emigracja bliska rekordu. Ci ludzie już nie wrócą |language=pl |publisher=rp.pl |access-date=24 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928001413/http://www.rp.pl/artykul/17%2C1143599-Emigracja-bliska-rekordu--Ci-ludzie-juz-nie-wroca.html |archive-date=28 September 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

During his government, Tusk oversaw the [[austerity]] programme.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rae |first=Gavin |title=Austerity Policies in Europe: The Case of Poland |url=https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/id-moe/09289.pdf |access-date=9 October 2023 |website=[[Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung]] |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404035416/https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/id-moe/09289.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/09/23/pola-s23.html|title=Large demonstration in Poland against government austerity policies|date=23 September 2013 |access-date=20 August 2021|archive-date=20 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820044150/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/09/23/pola-s23.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>

The construction of a more adequate and larger [[Highways in Poland|national road network]] in preparation for the [[UEFA Euro 2012|UEFA 2012 football championships]] was a stated priority for Tusk's government.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.expatica.com/za/news/south%20african-news/Poland_s-derelict-highways-stall-investments-_52907.html |work=Expatica |title=Poland's derelict highways stall investments |date=25 May 2009 |access-date=28 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928010756/http://www.expatica.com/za/news/south%20african-news/Poland_s-derelict-highways-stall-investments-_52907.html |archive-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> On 27 October 2009, Tusk declared that he wanted to ban gambling partially.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/2067607,11,tusk_dokona_ostatecznego_ciecia_ws_hazardu_w_polsce,item.html |title=Tusk dokona "ostatecznego cięcia" ws. hazardu w Polsce |language=pl |publisher=Wiadomosci |date=27 October 2009 |access-date=14 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030095517/http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/2067607%2C11%2Ctusk_dokona_ostatecznego_ciecia_ws_hazardu_w_polsce%2Citem.html |archive-date=30 October 2009}}</ref> During the [[2009 flu pandemic|2009 swine flu pandemic]], Tusk defended his government's decision not to purchase [[2009 flu pandemic vaccine|swine flu vaccine]], citing the lack of testing by pharmaceutical companies and its unavailability to be purchased freely through the market. Tusk criticized other nations' responses to the pandemic. "The eagerness of some countries seems to be excessive and disproportionate to the real epidemiological situation," Tusk stated, referring to the pandemic's relatively low fatality rate.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Warsaw Voice|Warsaw Voice]] |url=http://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/21311/article |title=Gov't defends stance on swine flu |date=18 November 2009 |access-date=5 April 2010 |archive-date=8 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808102349/http://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/21311/article}}</ref>

Tusk was moderately conservative on social issues for a long time. He was opposed to legalizing abortion on demand, believing that current Polish legislation on abortion at that time (which allowed for legal abortion only when the pregnancy threatens the woman's life or health, when the fetus is seriously malformed, and when the pregnancy results from rape or incest) protected human life best.<ref>{{cite web |language=pl |url=http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1342,title,Tusk-obecny-kompromis-najlepiej-sluzy-ochronie-zycia,wid,8818707,wiadomosc.html |work=[[Wirtualna Polska|wp.pl]] |title=Tusk: obecny kompromis najlepiej służy ochronie życia |date=13 April 2007 |access-date=25 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914002706/http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat%2C1342%2Ctitle%2CTusk-obecny-kompromis-najlepiej-sluzy-ochronie-zycia%2Cwid%2C8818707%2Cwiadomosc.html |archive-date=14 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Tusk had publicly stated that he opposed [[euthanasia]].<ref>{{cite web |language=pl |url=http://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/polityka/artykuly/143258,po-odpuszcza-w-sprawie-akcji-i-udzialow.html |work=[[Dziennik Polska-Europa-Świat|Dziennik]] |title=PO odpuszcza w sprawie akcji i udziałów |date=24 March 2009 |access-date=25 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119081651/http://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/polityka/artykuly/143258%2Cpo-odpuszcza-w-sprawie-akcji-i-udzialow.html |archive-date=19 January 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2022, Tusk changed his stance on abortion, supporting a bill that would legalize abortion up to 12 weeks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://notesfrompoland.com/2022/06/08/tusk-promises-abortion-up-to-12-weeks-and-same-sex-partnerships-in-march-towards-modernity/|title=Tusk promises abortion up to 12 weeks and same-sex partnerships in "march towards modernity"|date=8 June 2022 |access-date=4 June 2023|archive-date=4 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604221137/https://notesfrompoland.com/2022/06/08/tusk-promises-abortion-up-to-12-weeks-and-same-sex-partnerships-in-march-towards-modernity/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Foreign policy===
[[File:Obama Poland Tusk (2).jpg|thumb|Prime Minister Tusk with [[Barack Obama]], June 2014]]
In foreign policy, Tusk sought to improve relations severely damaged during the previous [[Jarosław Kaczyński|Kaczyński]] government, particularly with Germany and Russia. While he criticized the words of German politician [[Erika Steinbach]] with regard to her opinion over the [[Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950)|expulsion of Germans from Poland]] following World War II, Tusk has stressed the need for warm relations with Berlin.<ref name=spiegel>{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/spiegel-interview-with-donald-tusk-polish-pm-calls-for-unified-european-crisis-strategy-a-610726.html |work=Der Spiegel |title=Polish PM Calls for Unified European Crisis Strategy |date=2 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620015105/http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/spiegel-interview-with-donald-tusk-polish-pm-calls-for-unified-european-crisis-strategy-a-610726.html |archive-date=20 June 2012 |url-status=live |access-date=5 April 2010}}</ref> Tusk also advocated a more realistic relationship with Moscow, especially in regard to energy policy.<ref name=spiegel/> Under Tusk's premiership, Russian bans on Polish meat and agricultural products were lifted, while Poland reversed its official policy of disagreement on a European Union-Russian partnership agreement.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7562258.stm |work=BBC News |title=Deal cools Polish-Russian relations |date=15 August 2008 |access-date=5 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403230643/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7562258.stm |archive-date=3 April 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> On 26 February, 2008 under his government Poland was one of the first countries to [[International recognition of Kosovo|recognize]] independence of Kosovo, becoming the first Slavic nation to do so.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.premier.gov.pl/en/press_centre/news/government_has_recognised_the_,2220/|title=Government has recognised the independence of Kosovo|publisher=[[Prime Minister of Poland|The Chancellery of the Prime Minister]]|date=26 February 2008|accessdate=5 July 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805145303/http://www.premier.gov.pl/en/press_centre/news/government_has_recognised_the_,2220/#selection-312.0-371.3|archive-date=5 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

During a speech delivered to the Sejm in the first weeks of his premiership, Tusk outlined a proposal to withdraw [[Polish Land Forces|military units]] from Iraq, stating that "we will conduct this operation keeping in mind that our commitment to our ally, the United States, has been lived up to and exceeded".<ref name=b92>{{cite web |url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/world-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=11&dd=24&nav_id=45669 |work=B92 |title=Poland to withdraw troops from Iraq |date=24 November 2007 |access-date=5 April 2010 |archive-date=6 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606123852/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/world-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=11&dd=24&nav_id=45669}}</ref> The last Polish military units completed their withdrawal in October 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/Polish_Close_Iraq_Mission/1293972.html |publisher=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|Radio Free Europe]] |title=Polish military marks close of Iraq mission |date=10 April 2008 |access-date=5 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605060733/http://www.rferl.org/content/Polish_Close_Iraq_Mission/1293972.html |archive-date=5 June 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In regard to U.S. plans of hosting [[Missile defense systems by country|missile defense shield]] bases in the country, Tusk hinted skepticism toward the project, saying that their presence could potentially increase security risks from Russia, and rejected U.S. offers in early July 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7490146.stm |work=BBC News |title=Poland holds out over US missiles |date=7 April 2008 |access-date=5 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914000053/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7490146.stm |archive-date=14 September 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> By August, however, Tusk relented, and supported the missile shield, declaring: "We have achieved the main goal. It means our countries, Poland and the United States will be more secure."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7573686.stm |first=Kim |last=Ghattas |work=BBC News |title=Missile deal frays US-Russia ties |date=26 August 2008 |access-date=5 April 2010 |archive-date=14 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914004546/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7573686.stm}}</ref> Following President [[Barack Obama]]'s decision to scrap and revise missile defense strategy, Tusk described the move as "a chance to strengthen Polish-US co-operation in defense..." He said: "I took this declaration from President Obama very seriously and with great satisfaction."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8261941.stm |first=Adam |last=Easton |work=BBC News |title=Polish hopes shot down by US move |date=17 September 2009 |access-date=5 April 2010 |archive-date=27 March 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327035222/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8261941.stm}}</ref>

Tusk announced that Polish soldiers would not take military action in Libya, although he voiced support for the [[2011 military intervention in Libya]] and pledged to offer logistical support.<ref name="Poland_Refrain_military_operation">{{cite web |url=http://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/16086/news |title=Tusk: Poland Will Refrain from Military Operation in Libya |newspaper=The Warsaw Voice |date=21 March 2011 |access-date=2 January 2019 |archive-date=20 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020014759/http://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/16086/news |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbj.pl/article-53730-poland-declines-to-take-part-in-odyssey-dawn.html?typ=wbj|title=Poland declines to take part in "Odyssey Dawn"|publisher=The Warsaw Business Journal|date=21 March 2011|access-date=2 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926231358/http://www.wbj.pl/article-53730-poland-declines-to-take-part-in-odyssey-dawn.html?typ=wbj|archive-date=26 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Contrary to the condemnation of foreign governments and the leadership of the [[European Union]], Tusk supported Hungarian Prime Minister [[Viktor Orbán]] in his efforts of implementing a new controversial [[Constitution of Hungary|constitution]]. Tusk stated that the Hungarian constitution's democratic controversies were "exaggerated" and that Hungary had "a European level standard of democracy".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/83652,PM-Tusk-defends-Orban-amid-EU-crisis-talks- |publisher=Polskie Radio |title=PM Tusk defends Orban amid EU crisis talks |date=18 January 2012 |access-date=25 January 2012 |archive-date=26 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126191715/http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/83652%2CPM-Tusk-defends-Orban-amid-EU-crisis-talks-}}</ref> Tusk's support for the Hungarian government garnered a rare show of solidarity with the opposition Law and Justice, which also publicly displayed support for Orbán's efforts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/83565,Polish-conservatives-show-solidarity-with-Hungarian-Fidesz |publisher=Polskie Radio |title=Polish conservatives show solidarity with Hungarian Fidesz |date=17 January 2012 |access-date=25 January 2012 |archive-date=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127210214/http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/83565%2CPolish-conservatives-show-solidarity-with-Hungarian-Fidesz}}</ref>

In early 2012, Tusk announced his support for committing Poland to signing the international [[Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement]] (ACTA). In response, websites for the [[Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland|Chancellery]], [[Sejm]] and [[President of Poland|Presidency]] were hacked in mid-January.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16686265 |work=BBC News |title=Polish sites hit in Acta hack attack |date=23 January 2012 |access-date=25 January 2012 |archive-date=24 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124075521/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16686265}}</ref> Following [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]]'s claim of responsibility for the web attack, Tusk remained undeterred by internet protests, authorising the Polish ambassador in Japan to sign the agreement, yet promised that final legislation in the Sejm would not go ahead without assurances regarding freedom to access the Internet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/84150,PM-Tusk-stands-firm-on-ACTA-despite-internet-attacks |publisher=Polskie Radio |title=PM Tusk stands firm on ACTA despite internet attacks |date=24 January 2012 |access-date=25 January 2012 |archive-date=26 June 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626021837/http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/84150%2CPM-Tusk-stands-firm-on-ACTA-despite-internet-attacks}}</ref> Despite the government's guarantees, mass protests erupted in late January, with demonstrations held in [[Warsaw]], [[Kraków]], [[Wrocław]] and [[Kielce]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/84286,Poland-signs-ACTA-agreement |publisher=Polskie Radio |title=Poland signs ACTA agreement |date=26 January 2012 |access-date=26 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516062504/http://www.thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/84286%2CPoland-signs-ACTA-agreement |archive-date=16 May 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16735219 |work=BBC News |title=Thousands march in Poland over Acta internet treaty |date=26 January 2012 |access-date=26 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126110531/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16735219 |archive-date=26 January 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> Further web attacks were reported on the website of Foreign Minister [[Radosław Sikorski|Radek Sikorski]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/84219,Anonymous-hacks-foreign-ministers-web-site |publisher=Polskie Radio |title=Anonymous hacks foreign minister's web site |date=25 January 2012 |access-date=26 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128013909/http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/84219%2CAnonymous-hacks-foreign-ministers-web-site |archive-date=28 January 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

====European policy====
[[File:EPP Helsinki Congress in Finland, 7-8 November 2018 (31908879778).jpg|thumb|Tusk at the European People's Party Congress in [[Helsinki]], Finland, on 8 November 2018]]
In continental policy, Tusk strongly supported greater political and economic integration within the [[European Union]], strongly backing the implementation of the [[Treaty of Lisbon|Lisbon Treaty]], standing in stark contrast to President Lech Kaczyński's vehement opposition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7483370.stm |work=BBC News |title=Poland poses latest problem for EU |date=7 January 2008 |access-date=5 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601133629/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7483370.stm |archive-date=1 June 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> Tusk repeatedly stated his government's intention in bringing Poland into the [[Eurozone]]. Originally wanting to introduce the euro by 2012, Tusk envisaged in 2009 a starting year of 2015 as "a realistic and not overly-ambitious goal".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.mercopress.com/2009/12/15/poland-delays-adoption-of-the-euro-until-2015 |publisher=MercoPress |title=Poland delays adoption of the Euro until 2015 |date=16 December 2009 |access-date=5 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904040334/http://en.mercopress.com/2009/12/15/poland-delays-adoption-of-the-euro-until-2015 |archive-date=4 September 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> However, during the [[Eurozone crisis|European sovereign debt crisis]], Tusk and his government displayed less optimism in joining the monetary union under contemporary economic circumstances, leading to Finance Minister [[Jacek Rostowski|Jan Vincent-Rostowski]] calling any move "unthinkable".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/59075,Adopting-euro-currency-currently-unthinkable |publisher=Polskie Radio |title=Adopting euro currency currently 'unthinkable' |date=24 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516063812/http://www.thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/59075%2CAdopting-euro-currency-currently-unthinkable |archive-date=16 May 2013 |url-status=live |access-date=25 January 2012}}</ref> Despite not being a member of the [[eurozone]], Tusk pressed that Poland, along with the other non-eurozone states of the EU, should be included in future euro financial negotiations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.pl/9/7/Artykul/84094,Poland-pushes-for-place-at-eurozone-negotiations-table |publisher=Polskie Radio |title=Poland pushes for place at eurozone negotiations table |date=24 January 2012 |access-date=25 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516062147/http://www.thenews.pl/9/7/Artykul/84094%2CPoland-pushes-for-place-at-eurozone-negotiations-table |archive-date=16 May 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Between July and December 2011, Poland under Tusk's government presided over the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pl2011.eu/en/content/half-year-polish-presidency-figures|publisher=Council of the European Union|title=Half-year Polish Presidency in figures|date=28 December 2011|access-date=25 January 2012|archive-date=24 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424124731/http://pl2011.eu/en/content/half-year-polish-presidency-figures|url-status=dead}}</ref> Under its presidency tenure, Poland supported and welcomed Croatia's entry into the [[European Union]] through the [[Treaty of Accession 2011]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.pl/9/7/Artykul/80187,Croatia-signs-EU-treaty |publisher=Polskie Radio |title=Croatia signs EU treaty |date=9 December 2011 |access-date=25 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109162231/http://www.thenews.pl/9/7/Artykul/80187%2CCroatia-signs-EU-treaty |archive-date=9 November 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

While being a constituent member of the [[Weimar Triangle]] with fellow states Germany and France, Tusk showed displeasure over German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]]'s and French President [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]'s dominating roles in eurozone negotiations, remarking to Italian newspaper ''[[Corriere della Sera]]'' in January 2012 that "this should not translate into a lasting political monopoly: things cannot be left to only two capitals of Europe".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/83696,Tusk-Dont-leave-crisis-to-Paris-and-Berlin |publisher=Polskie Radio |title=Tusk – Don't leave crisis to Paris and Berlin |date=19 January 2012 |access-date=25 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122132216/http://www.thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/83696%2CTusk-Dont-leave-crisis-to-Paris-and-Berlin |archive-date=22 January 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Constitutional reform===

After being elected prime minister, relations between Tusk and President Lech Kaczyński were often acrimonious due to different political ideologies and the constitutional role of the presidency. Using presidential veto powers, Kaczyński blocked legislation drafted by the Tusk government, including pension reform, agricultural and urban zoning plans, and restructuring state television.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/poland/090127/polish-president-prime-minister-at-loggerheads |first=Jan |last=Cienski |work=Global Post |title=Polish president, prime minister at loggerheads |date=27 January 2009 |access-date=5 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705130710/http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/poland/090127/polish-president-prime-minister-at-loggerheads |archive-date=5 July 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In his premiership, Tusk has proposed various reforms to the [[Constitution of Poland|Polish constitution]]. In 2009, Tusk proposed changes to the power of the [[President of Poland|presidency]], by abolishing the presidential veto. "The president should not have veto power. People make their decision in elections and then state institutions should not be in conflict," said Tusk.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-44148520091122 |first=Gabriela |last=Baczynska |work=Reuters |date=22 November 2009 |title=Polish PM says president should lose veto power |access-date=28 September 2014 |archive-date=6 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306105734/http://in.reuters.com/article/2009/11/22/idINIndia-44148520091122}}</ref> Tusk again reiterated his desire for constitutional reform in February 2010, proposing that the presidential veto be overridden by a simple parliamentary majority rather than through a three-fifths vote. "Presidential veto could not effectively block the will of the majority in parliament, which won elections and formed the government," stated Tusk.<ref name=platform>{{cite web|language=pl |title=Proponujemy zmiany w konstytucji |url=http://www.krzakala.pl/print/294 |publisher=krzakala.pl |date=10 February 2010 |access-date=28 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224080930/http://www.krzakala.pl/print/294 |archive-date=24 February 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> Further constitutional reforms proposed by Tusk include reducing the [[Sejm]] from a membership of 460 to 300, "not only because of its savings, but also the excessive number of members' causes blurring certain plans and projects"<ref name=platform/> Similarly, Tusk proposed radical changes to the [[Senate of Poland|Senate]], preferring to abolish the [[upper house]] altogether, yet due to constitutional concerns and demands from the junior coalition [[Polish People's Party]] partner, Tusk proposed reducing the Senate from 100 to 49, while including former presidents to sit in the Senate for political experience and expertise in state matters.<ref name=platform/> Parliamentary immunity for all members of the Sejm and Senate would also be stripped, except for in special situations.<ref name=platform/> In addition, Tusk proposed that the prime minister's role in foreign policy decisions would be greatly expanded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.platforma.org/en/about-civic-platform/art762,polands-pm-proposes-constitutional-changes.html|publisher=Civic Platform|title=Poland's PM proposes constitutional changes|date=15 February 2010|access-date=4 April 2010|archive-date=17 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717135340/http://www.platforma.org/en/about-civic-platform/art762,polands-pm-proposes-constitutional-changes.html|url-status=live}}</ref> By decreasing the president's role in governance, executive power would further be concentrated in the prime minister, directly responsible to the [[First Cabinet of Donald Tusk|cabinet]] and Sejm, as well as avoiding confusion over Poland's representation at international or EU summits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.polskieradio.pl/eo/print.aspx?iid=125258 |publisher=Polskie Radio |title=Civic Platform overhauling the constitution |date=2 September 2010 |access-date=5 April 2010 |archive-date=16 May 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516063757/http://www2.polskieradio.pl/eo/print.aspx?iid=125258}}</ref> The opposition conservative Law and Justice party deeply criticized Tusk's constitutional reform proposals, opting in opposing legislation for the presidency to garner greater power over the prime minister.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www2.polskieradio.pl/eo/print.aspx?iid=123742 |publisher=Polskie Radio |title=Battle over the Constitution |date=15 January 2010 |access-date=5 April 2010 |archive-date=5 October 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005030652/http://www2.polskieradio.pl/eo/print.aspx?iid=123742}}</ref>

In an interview with the ''[[Financial Times]]'' in January 2010, Tusk was asked if he considered running again as Civic Platform's candidate for that year's [[2010 Polish presidential election|presidential election]]. Tusk replied that although the presidential election typically drew the most voters to the polls and remained Poland's most high-profiled race, the presidency had little political power outside of the veto, and preferred to remain as prime minister. While not formally excluding his candidacy, Tusk declared, "I would very much like to continue to work in the government and Civic Platform, because that seems to me to be the key element in ensuring success in the civilizational race in which we are engaged."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/9ad8793a-0b74-11df-8232-00144feabdc0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9ad8793a-0b74-11df-8232-00144feabdc0.html |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=[[Financial Times]]|title=FT interview transcript: Donald Tusk|date=27 January 2010|access-date=4 April 2010}}</ref> A day after the interview, Tusk formally announced his intention of staying as prime minister, allowing his party to choose another candidate (and eventual winner), [[Bronisław Komorowski]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenews.pl/national/?id=124537 |work=Polskie Radio |title=Tusk not running in 2010 presidential election |date=28 January 2010 |access-date=5 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005030801/http://www.thenews.pl/national/?id=124537 |archive-date=5 October 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==President of the European Council (2014–2019)==
[[File:President Trump's Trip Abroad (34502607780).jpg|thumb|Tusk meeting with European Commission President [[Jean-Claude Juncker]] and US President [[Donald Trump]], May 2017]]
Tusk succeeded [[Herman Van Rompuy]] as [[President of the European Council]] on 1 December 2014.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30275263 | title=New EU leader Donald Tusk makes tough unity pledge | work=BBC News | date=1 December 2014 | access-date=10 March 2017 | archive-date=12 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312092519/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30275263 | url-status=live }}</ref> After assuming office, Tusk worked to promote a unified European response to Russia's [[2014–2015 Russian military intervention in Ukraine|military intervention in Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-tusk-idUSKBN0MC0YF20150316|title=Tusk presses EU leaders to pledge to keep sanctions on Russia|date=16 March 2017|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=2 July 2017|archive-date=11 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311142815/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-tusk-idUSKBN0MC0YF20150316|url-status=live}}</ref> Tusk made attempts to co-ordinate the EU's response to the [[European migrant crisis]], and warned illegal economic migrants not to come to Europe.<ref name="BBC_migrant">{{cite news |title=EU's Tusk warns illegal economic migrants: Do not come here |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35714087 |work=BBC News |date=3 March 2016 |access-date=10 March 2017 |archive-date=28 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528055920/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35714087 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="POLITICO_migrant">{{cite news|last1=Barigazzi|first1=Jacopo|title=Tusk calls another EU summit on migration|url=http://www.politico.eu/article/tusk-calls-another-eu-summit-on-migration-refugees-crisis/|work=Politico|issue=11 March 2016|access-date=10 March 2017|archive-date=12 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312204705/http://www.politico.eu/article/tusk-calls-another-eu-summit-on-migration-refugees-crisis/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Ahead of the UK's [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|EU membership referendum]] Tusk warned of dire consequences should the UK vote to leave.<ref name="BBC_Brexitwarn">{{cite news |title=Donald Tusk: Brexit could destroy Western political civilisation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36515680 |work=BBC News |date=13 June 2016 |access-date=10 March 2017 |archive-date=12 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312061631/http://www.bbc.co.uk//news//uk-politics-eu-referendum-36515680 |url-status=live }}</ref> After the UK voted to leave, he pursued a hard line on the [[Brexit|UK's withdrawal from the European Union]] stating that the country's only real alternative to a "hard Brexit" is "no Brexit".<ref name="BBC_brexit">{{cite news |title='Hard Brexit' or 'no Brexit' for Britain – Tusk |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37650077 |work=BBC News |date=13 October 2016 |access-date=10 March 2017 |archive-date=11 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311024912/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37650077 |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2018, he caused controversy after his official Instagram account posted an image of himself handing a slice of cake to British Prime Minister [[Theresa May]], with the caption: "A piece of cake, perhaps? Sorry, no cherries."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/donald-tusks-instagram-post-that-pushed-mays-buttons-11504289 |title=Donald Tusk's Instagram post that pushed May's buttons |publisher=[[Sky News]] |first=Mark |last=Stone |date=22 September 2018 |access-date=21 September 2018 |archive-date=21 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921225845/https://news.sky.com/story/donald-tusks-instagram-post-that-pushed-mays-buttons-11504289 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-45599122 |title=Brexit: What's behind Donald Tusk's Instagram diplomacy? |work=BBC News |first1=Joey |last1=D'Urso |first2=Larissa |last2=Kennelly |date=21 September 2018 |access-date=21 September 2018 |archive-date=21 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921121440/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-45599122 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, Tusk opposed the [[Nord Stream 2]] gas pipeline [[Russia in the European energy sector|from Russia to Germany]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump barrels into Europe's pipeline politics |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/nord-stream-2-donald-trump-barrels-into-europes-pipeline-politics/ |work=Politico |date=7 November 2018 |access-date=14 July 2018 |archive-date=13 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713225226/https://www.politico.eu/article/nord-stream-2-donald-trump-barrels-into-europes-pipeline-politics/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 31 January 2017, Tusk wrote an open letter to 27 EU heads of state or government on the future of the EU before the [[List of European Council meetings|Malta summit]].<ref>{{cite web|title="United we stand, divided we fall": letter by President Donald Tusk to the 27 EU heads of state or government on the future of the EU before the Malta summit|url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/press-releases-pdf/2017/1/47244654122_en.pdf|publisher=[[European Council]]|access-date=2 February 2017|archive-date=1 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201135352/http://www.consilium.europa.eu/press-releases-pdf/2017/1/47244654122_en.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> In this letter, he stated the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]] presented a threat to the EU on a par with a newly assertive China, an aggressive Russia and "wars, terror and anarchy in the Middle East and Africa".<ref name="Erlanger170202">{{cite news|last1=Erlanger|first1=Stephen|title=For Europe, There's a New Threat in Town: The U.S.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/world/europe/trump-european-union.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2 February 2013|access-date=2 February 2017|archive-date=14 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814220341/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/world/europe/trump-european-union.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 9 March 2017, Tusk was re-elected for a second term to run until 30 November 2019.<ref name="bbc reelect">{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39222442 | title=Poland fails to stop Donald Tusk EU re-election | work=BBC News | date=9 March 2017 | access-date=10 March 2017 | archive-date=9 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309192211/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39222442 | url-status=live }}</ref> He received 27 of 28 votes; the one vote against him came from [[Beata Szydło]], the Prime Minister of Poland.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/09/donald-tusk-re-elected-as-european-council-president-despite-polish-opposition |title=Poland reacts with fury to re-election of Donald Tusk |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Jennifer |last=Rankin |date=9 March 2017 |access-date=9 March 2017 |archive-date=9 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309174405/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/09/donald-tusk-re-elected-as-european-council-president-despite-polish-opposition |url-status=live }}</ref> Tusk's actions in the wake of the [[2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash|2010 plane crash]] that killed then-Polish President Lech Kaczyński provoked opposition from Poland's governing [[Law and Justice (Poland)|right-wing party]]—critics said that Tusk's centrist government did not sufficiently investigate the cause of the crash.<ref name="bbc reelect"/><ref name="nyt">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/world/europe/donald-tusk-european-council-eu.html | title=Donald Tusk Gets 2nd Term as President of European Council | newspaper=The New York Times | date=9 March 2017 | access-date=10 March 2017 | archive-date=10 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310014205/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/world/europe/donald-tusk-european-council-eu.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Szydło refused to sign the EU statement issued at the end of the council's meeting in protest at Tusk's reelection, though other EU leaders spoke in favor of him; Prime Minister [[Mark Rutte]] of the Netherlands called him "a very good president",<ref name="nyt"/> and European Commission President [[Jean-Claude Juncker]] and [[Chancellor of Germany|German chancellor]] Angela Merkel both made statements supporting the vote.<ref name="bbc reelect"/> Donald Tusk maintains there will be no winners from [[Brexit]] and the two years following the triggering of Article 50 will be a time of damage limitation.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/mar/29/angela-merkel-rejects-one-of-theresa-mays-key-brexit-demands |title=Angela Merkel rejects one of Theresa May's key Brexit demands |newspaper=The Guardian |first1=Daniel |last1=Boffey |first2=Jon |last2=Henley |date=29 March 2017 |access-date=30 March 2017 |archive-date=30 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330085806/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/mar/29/angela-merkel-rejects-one-of-theresa-mays-key-brexit-demands |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2018, Tusk urged Turkey "to avoid threats or actions against any EU member and instead commit to good neighbourly relations, peaceful dispute settlement and respect for territorial sovereignty".<ref>{{cite news |title=EU tells Turkey to avoid damaging actions after Cyprus ship incident |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-cyprus-natgas-turkey-eu/eu-tells-turkey-to-avoid-damaging-actions-after-cyprus-ship-incident-idUKKBN1FW19Q |publisher=Reuters |date=12 February 2018 |access-date=14 July 2018 |archive-date=14 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714164523/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-cyprus-natgas-turkey-eu/eu-tells-turkey-to-avoid-damaging-actions-after-cyprus-ship-incident-idUKKBN1FW19Q |url-status=dead }}</ref> Tusk also expressed concern over the [[Turkish military operation in Afrin|Turkish invasion of northern Syria]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Terror fight cooperation, EU membership talks discussed at EU-Turkey meeting |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/27/c_137067705.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327000633/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-03/27/c_137067705.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 March 2018 |work=Xinhuanet.com |date=27 March 2018}}</ref> In response to the death of Chinese [[2010 Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate [[Liu Xiaobo]], who died of organ failure while in government custody, Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker said in a joint statement that they had learned of Liu's death "with deep sadness".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-17-2032_en.htm|title=Joint statement by the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, and the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk on the passing away of Liu Xiaobo|date=13 July 2017|publisher=European Commission: Press Release Database (europa.eu)|access-date=14 July 2018|archive-date=13 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713202507/http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-17-2032_en.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 6 February 2019, Tusk held talks with [[Taoiseach|Irish Premier]] [[Leo Varadkar]] in Brussels to discuss Britain's departure from the [[European Union]], stating that there was a "special place in Hell for those who promoted [[Brexit]] without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it out safely".<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite news |title=Donald Tusk: Special place in hell for Brexiteers without a plan |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47143135 |work=BBC News |access-date=6 February 2019 |archive-date=6 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206125137/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47143135 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=EU chief Donald Tusk says 'special place in hell for those who promoted Brexit without a plan' |url=https://www.euronews.com/2019/02/06/eu-chief-donald-tusk-says-special-place-in-hell-for-those-who-promoted-brexit-without-a-pl |publisher=Euronews |access-date=6 February 2019 |archive-date=7 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015653/https://www.euronews.com/2019/02/06/eu-chief-donald-tusk-says-special-place-in-hell-for-those-who-promoted-brexit-without-a-pl |url-status=live }}</ref> Tusk opened his statement by saying there were 50 days to go until the UK's exit from the EU: "I know that still a very great number of people in the UK, and on the continent, as well as in Ireland, wish for a reversal of this decision. I have always been with you, with all my heart. But the facts are unmistakable. At the moment, the pro-Brexit stance of the UK Prime Minister, and the Leader of the Opposition, rules out this question. Today, there is no political force and no effective leadership for Remain. I say this without satisfaction, but you can't argue with the facts."<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/>

On 24 August 2019 in [[Biarritz]] for the [[45th G7 summit|G7 Summit]], Tusk addressed reporters regarding Brexit, stating "one thing I will not cooperate on is no deal". He also said he hoped that [[Boris Johnson]] would not go down in history as "Mr No Deal".<ref>{{cite news |title=Boris Johnson will not want to go down in history as 'Mr No Deal' Brexit, says Donald Tusk |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2019-08-24/boris-johnson-will-not-want-go-down-in-history-as-mr-no-deal-brexit-says-donald-tusk/ |publisher=ITV |access-date=24 August 2019 |archive-date=24 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824123243/https://www.itv.com/news/2019-08-24/boris-johnson-will-not-want-go-down-in-history-as-mr-no-deal-brexit-says-donald-tusk/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Brexit: EU 'willing to listen' to Boris Johnson's ideas, says Donald Tusk |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49458293 |work=BBC News |date=24 August 2019 |access-date=24 August 2019 |archive-date=24 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824133959/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49458293 |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2019, Tusk said that the EU should open accession talks with both Albania and North Macedonia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://emerging-europe.com/news/donald-tusk-reaffirms-support-for-albania-north-macedonia-eu-accession-talks/ |title=Donald Tusk reaffirms support for Albania, North Macedonia EU accession talks |website=Emerging Europe |date=17 September 2019 |access-date=17 September 2019 |archive-date=18 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918034308/https://emerging-europe.com/news/donald-tusk-reaffirms-support-for-albania-north-macedonia-eu-accession-talks/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tusk condemned the [[2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria]]. He reprimanded Turkish President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] for threatening to send millions of Syrian refugees to Europe and denounced the Turkish operation in northern Syria as destabilizing the region, which he demanded to halt.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-turkey-tusk-erdogan-idUSKBN1WQ18X|title=Tusk says Erdogan's threats of flooding Europe with refugees 'totally out of place'|date=11 October 2019|via=www.reuters.com|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=11 October 2019|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430055501/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-turkey-tusk-erdogan-idUSKBN1WQ18X|url-status=live}}</ref>

Writing of his tenure as President of the European Council, [[London School of Economics|LSE]] political scientist [[Sara Hagemann]] said "he set the tone for a liberal and progressive agenda at a time of significant threat from populist and pro-Russian voices in Europe".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hagemann|first=Sara|title=Politics and Diplomacy: Lessons from Donald Tusk's Time as President of the European Council|url=https://academic.oup.com/ejil/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ejil/chaa079/6041271|journal=European Journal of International Law|year=2020|volume=31|issue=3|pages=1105–1112|language=en|doi=10.1093/ejil/chaa079|access-date=21 December 2020|archive-date=2 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002205344/https://academic.oup.com/ejil/article-abstract/31/3/1105/6041271?redirectedFrom=fulltext|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

== Second premiership (2023–present) ==
{{Main|Third Cabinet of Donald Tusk|15 October Coalition}}

===Return to Polish politics and anti-government protests===
[[File:Marsz Miliona Serc – Tusk, Trzaskowski, Kołodziejczak (cropped).jpg|thumb|249x249px|Donald Tusk at the [[2023 Polish protests|March of a Million Hearts]], 1 October 2023]]
In July 2021, Donald Tusk returned to Warsaw, actively reengaging in Polish politics as leader of [[Civic Platform]]. As of May 2022, Tusk was among the leading figures considered by the opposition for the potential future prime minister role,<ref>{{cite web |website=Rzeczospolita |title=Sondaż: Kto kandydatem opozycji na premiera? Donald Tusk bezkonkurencyjny, ale wciąż słaby |url=https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art36368921-sondaz-kto-kandydatem-opozycji-na-premiera-donald-tusk-bezkonkurencyjny-ale-wciaz-slaby |author=Jacek Nizinkiewicz |date=25 May 2022 |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526215128/https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art36368921-sondaz-kto-kandydatem-opozycji-na-premiera-donald-tusk-bezkonkurencyjny-ale-wciaz-slaby |url-status=live }}</ref> however his overall net approval among the general population was reported as 24.4% in the same period.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=TheFirstNews |url=https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/tusk-effect-subsides-approval-ratings-drop-24844 |title='Tusk effect' subsides, approval ratings drop |access-date=20 August 2022 |archive-date=20 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820013300/https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/tusk-effect-subsides-approval-ratings-drop-24844 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2023, Tusk organized and led [[2023 Polish protests|significant anti-government protests]] in Warsaw. The first demonstration, aimed at opposing [[democratic backsliding]] in Poland, occurred on 4 June, marking the 34th anniversary of Poland's [[1989 Polish parliamentary election|semi-free elections in 1989]]. Turnout was estimated at 300,000–500,000, making the event one of Poland's largest demonstrations since the [[revolutions of 1989|fall of communism]] in 1989.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/polish-opposition-supporters-seeking-change-mark-1989-solidarity-win-2023-06-04/ | title = Polish opposition supporters mark 1989 Solidarity win | date = 4 June 2023 | website = Reuters}}</ref> A subsequent protest, dubbed the “March of a Million Hearts” took place on 1 October, likewise attracting hundreds of thousands in an effort to galvanize opposition support ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for 15 October.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/thousands-gather-warsaw-opposition-rally-ahead-tight-election-2023-10-01/ | title = Polish opposition holds massive Warsaw rally ahead of tight election | date = 1 October 2023 | website = Reuters}}</ref>

During his campaign, Tusk advocated for enhanced [[LGBT rights in Poland|LGBT rights]], including introducing same-sex [[civil union]]s.<ref name="PN">{{cite web |last1=Ashley |first1=Beth |title=Poland: Donald Tusk promises new laws for 'victimised' LGBTQ+ community |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/24/poland-donald-tusk-same-sex-civil-partnerships-trans/ |website=[[PinkNews]] |date=24 September 2023 |access-date=24 September 2023 |archive-date=24 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924171523/https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/24/poland-donald-tusk-same-sex-civil-partnerships-trans/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 2023 Polish parliamentary election ===
In the [[2023 Polish parliamentary election]], Tusk's [[Civic Coalition (Poland)|Civic Coalition]] finished as the second-largest bloc in the Sejm. Between them, Civic Coalition and two other opposition parties, [[Third Way (Poland)|Third Way]] and [[New Left (Poland)|New Left]], took 54% of the vote, winning enough seats to allow them to take power.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gera |first1=Vanessa |last2=Scislowska |first2=Monika |title=Polish election marks huge win for Donald Tusk as ruling conservatives lose to centrist coalition |url=https://apnews.com/article/poland-election-tusk-results-f687cf22fee9d395e92a08d2b6ab0f03 |work=AP News |date=17 October 2023 |access-date=17 October 2023 |archive-date=17 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017140837/https://apnews.com/article/poland-election-tusk-results-f687cf22fee9d395e92a08d2b6ab0f03 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 10 November, Civic Coalition, New Left, the Polish People's Party and [[Poland 2050]] formally signed an agreement to support Tusk as their candidate for prime minister. President [[Andrzej Duda]] nominated PiS incumbent [[Mateusz Morawiecki]] for another term as prime minister. However, Morawiecki fell short of the support needed to stay in office, as PiS and its allies were 40 seats short of a majority. With this in mind, Tusk publicly announced the agreement before the new Sejm convened to show he and the opposition stood ready to govern.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67381267.amp | title = Poland's Tusk-led pro-EU opposition signs deal and waits to govern | work = [[BBC]] | author = Easton, Adam | date = 10 November 2023 | access-date = 10 November 2023 | archive-date = 10 November 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231110171740/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67381267.amp | url-status = live }}</ref> [[Third Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki|Morawiecki's cabinet]] was sworn in on 27 November, but was widely expected to lose a confidence vote.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 November 2023 |title=Poland's zombie government shuffles into being |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-government-election-donald-tusk-mateusz-morawiecki-andrzej-duda/ |access-date=28 November 2023 |website=POLITICO |language=en |archive-date=27 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127232443/https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-government-election-donald-tusk-mateusz-morawiecki-andrzej-duda/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Under the constitution, if Morawiecki did not win a confidence vote within two weeks of being sworn in, the Sejm had the right to designate its own nominee for prime minister, and Duda was required to appoint the person so designated. On paper, the four parties who signed the agreement had the votes to designate Tusk as the Sejm's candidate. Morawiecki's cabinet lost a vote of confidence in the Sejm on 11 December by 190 votes to 266.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/all-eyes-polish-parliament-tusk-set-become-pm-2023-12-11/ | title = Polish prime minister loses confidence vote, clearing way for Donald Tusk | work = [[Reuters]] | date = 11 December 2023 | access-date = 11 December 2023 | archive-date = 11 December 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231211160724/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/all-eyes-polish-parliament-tusk-set-become-pm-2023-12-11/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67681940 | title = Donald Tusk nominated as Polish prime minister | work = [[British Broadcasting Cooperation|BBC]] | date = 11 December 2023 | access-date = 11 December 2023 | archive-date = 11 December 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231211155124/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67681940 | url-status = live }}</ref> The Sejm subsequently nominated Tusk as its candidate for prime minister, by 248 votes in favor and 201 against.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/all-eyes-polish-parliament-tusk-set-become-pm-2023-12-11/ |title=Donald Tusk appointed Polish PM, setting stage for warmer EU ties |newspaper=Reuters |date=11 December 2023 |access-date=12 December 2023 |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211160724/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/all-eyes-polish-parliament-tusk-set-become-pm-2023-12-11/ |url-status=live |last1=Koper |first1=Anna |last2=Wlodarczak-Semczuk |first2=Anna }}</ref> Tusk's cabinet was sworn in on 13 December.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ignaczak-Bandych |first=Grażyna |date=11 December 2023 |title=Tweet of the Head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland |url=https://twitter.com/GIBandych/status/1734292019894219240 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213054313/https://twitter.com/GIBandych/status/1734292019894219240 |archive-date=13 December 2023 |access-date=11 December 2023 |website=X (formerly Twitter)}}</ref>

=== Domestic policy ===
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Upon assuming office, Tusk [[2023 Polish public media crisis|dismissed the top executives]] from [[Telewizja Polska]], the nominally independent [[public service broadcaster]], at that point considered "a propaganda machine for the PiS government”, promising to "turn Polish state media into a source of reliable information”.<ref>{{cite news |title=Polish state TVP Info channel off air as Tusk reforms kick in |work=BBC News |date=20 December 2023 |access-date=3 March 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67772070 |quote=In recent years, TVP's main evening news broadcasts, and TVP Info, became a propaganda machine for the PiS government, and the new coalition, led by pro-EU Prime Minister Donald Tusk, had promised voters to turn state media into a platform for "reliable information" |archive-date=2 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202132348/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67772070 |url-status=live }}</ref> The dismissals resulted a sit-in protest of PiS supporters at the premises of the national broadcaster, as well as a spat between Tusk and President [[Andrzej Duda|Duda]]. Stanley Bill, who serves as a professor of Polish Studies at the University of Cambridge, stated that Tusk might have been driven by an additional personal motive, as the state-controlled broadcaster's narrative had been continuously demonizing him during PiS rule.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/tvp-pr-i-pap-w-stanie-likwidacji-nagla-decyzja-mkidn-6978339157003232a | title = TVP, PR i PAP w stanie likwidacji. Nagła decyzja MKiDN | date = 27 December 2023 | access-date = 12 February 2024 | archive-date = 23 February 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240223143912/https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/tvp-pr-i-pap-w-stanie-likwidacji-nagla-decyzja-mkidn-6978339157003232a | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="tuskanalysis">{{cite web |last1=Picheta |first1=Rob |title=Poland's new leader is hellbent on restoring democracy{{snd}} even if it means war with his populist rivals |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/27/europe/poland-donald-tusk-analysis-intl/index.html |website=CNN |date=27 January 2024 |access-date=12 February 2024 |archive-date=4 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204051049/https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/27/europe/poland-donald-tusk-analysis-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2024, responding to [[2024 European farmers' protests|protests by European farmers]], Tusk said he would push for changes to the [[European Green Deal]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tusk Says He'll Seek EU Green Deal Changes to Alleviate Farmers |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-29/tusk-says-he-ll-seek-eu-green-deal-changes-to-alleviate-farmers |work=Bloomberg |date=29 February 2024}}</ref> In March 2024, he insisted that Poland would go its own way "without European coercion".<ref>{{cite news |title=EU Council position hardens against Nature Restoration Law |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/biodiversity/news/eu-council-position-hardens-against-nature-restoration-law/ |work=Euractiv |date=5 April 2024}}</ref> In January 2025, he blamed the European Green Deal for high [[Energy policy of the European Union|energy prices]] in the EU.<ref>{{cite news |title=EU's new economic vision is speaking to Green Deal critics |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-new-economic-vision-is-speaking-to-green-deal-critics-competitiveness-compass/ |work=Politico |date=24 January 2025}}</ref>

He is promoting the development of civil nuclear power in Poland <ref>{{cite news |title=Leaders from over 30 countries meet in Brussels to promote nuclear energy |url=https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-21/leaders-from-over-30-countries-meet-in-brussels-to-promote-nuclear-energy.html |work=El Pais |date=21 March 2024}}</ref> and has signed civil nuclear cooperation agreements with Japan,<ref>{{cite news |title=Japan to sign outline deal on technology use for nuclear plant in Poland |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/japan-sign-mou-use-technologies-nuclear-plant-poland-nikkei-reports-2024-11-06/ |work=Reuters |date=6 November 2024}}</ref> Canada,<ref>{{cite news |title=Poland and Canada sign nuclear power cooperation agreement |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/poland-canada-sign-cooperation-agreement-nuclear-power-2025-01-28/ |work=Reuters |date=28 January 2025}}</ref> Czech Republic,<ref>{{cite news |title=Consultations of the Polish and Czech governments |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/primeminister/consultations-of-the-polish-and-czech-governments2 |work=Gov.pl |date=9 October 2024}}</ref> Sweden<ref>{{cite news |title=Strategic Partnership between Sweden and Poland |url=https://www.government.se/contentassets/e5d1bf7af3a043259a906bea7671a762/strategic-partnership-between-poland-and-sweden_eng-sw-pl_tillg.pdf |work=government.se |date=28 November 2024}}</ref> and France.<ref>{{cite news |title=Poland and France Sign Historic Security and Cooperation Treaty in Nancy |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/primeminister/poland-and-france-sign-historic-security-and-cooperation-treaty-in-nancy |work=Gov.pl |date=9 May 2025}}</ref> He announced the updated partnership between Poland’s state-owned company [[Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe]] (PEJ) and a consortium led by American firms [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] and [[Bechtel]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Poland and US Sign New Agreement on First Polish Nuclear Power Plant |url=https://poland-24.com/poland-and-us-sign-new-agreement-on-first-polish-nuclear-power-plant/ |work=Poland-24 |date=28 April 2025}}</ref> for advancing the three-unit AP1000 project in Choczewo, Pomeranian Voivodeship.<ref>{{cite news |title=Poland's First Nuclear Plant Moves Forward with Westinghouse-Bechtel, PEJ Agreement |url=https://info.westinghousenuclear.com/news/polands-first-nuclear-plant-moves-forward-with-westinghouse-bechtel-pej-agreement |work=Westinghouse |date=30 April 2025}}</ref> He invited private financial investor for the construction of a second power plant.<ref>{{cite news |title=Poland to seek financial partners to build second nuclear power plant, Tusk says |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/poland-seek-financial-partners-build-second-nuclear-power-plant-tusk-says-2024-10-16/ |work=Reuters |date=16 October 2024}}</ref>

Tusk's administration oversaw the arrests of MPs [[Mariusz Kamiński]] and [[Maciej Wąsik]], both tried for exceeding authority since 2015.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.rp.pl/przestepczosc/art39714801-afera-gruntowa-wiezienie-za-podrabianie-dokumentow-za-co-skazano-mariusza-kaminskiego-i-macieja-wasika | title = Afera gruntowa. Więzienie za podrabianie dokumentów. Za co skazano Mariusza Kamińskiego i Macieja Wąsika? | date = 19 January 2024 | access-date = 13 February 2024 | archive-date = 13 February 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240213143347/https://www.rp.pl/przestepczosc/art39714801-afera-gruntowa-wiezienie-za-podrabianie-dokumentow-za-co-skazano-mariusza-kaminskiego-i-macieja-wasika | url-status = live }}</ref> President Duda had issued pardons to both of the accused, who continued to serve as ministers and members of [[Sejm]] as their trials proceeded. The pardons became embroiled in a legal battle due to the pardoning taking place before the final verdict, with the [[Supreme Court of Poland]] ultimately ruling them invalid due to occurring before sentencing. Both MPs stayed in the [[Presidential Palace, Warsaw|Presidential Palace]] in an attempt to have Duda shield them, however police arrested the convicts upon entering presidential premises, highlighting tensions between prime minister and president.<ref>{{cite news |title=Polish ex-ministers head for jail as police swoop on presidential palace|url= https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/polish-lawmakers-appear-with-president-police-ordered-take-them-prison-2024-01-09/|work=Reuters|date=9 January 2024}}</ref>

In April 2024, Tusk opposed the [[New Pact on Migration and Asylum|EU Migration Pact]], stating "we will protect Poland from the relocation mechanism".<ref>{{cite web | title=European Parliament agrees on stricter EU migration rules | website=dw.com | date=10 April 2024 | url=https://www.dw.com/en/european-parliament-agrees-on-stricter-eu-migration-rules/a-68782568 | access-date=7 July 2024}}</ref>

In October 2024, Tusk announced plans to temporarily suspend the right of migrants to seek asylum in Poland, citing abuses in the context of hybrid warfare activity carried out by Belarus and Russia, resulting in the [[Belarus–European Union border crisis|EU border crisis]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Poland to temporarily suspend right to asylum, PM Tusk saysw |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx20186mjleo |work=BBC |date=12 October 2024}}</ref> The plan, included in the government's new migration strategy, was initially considered controversial but ultimately met with approval from other EU leaders.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-prime-minister-donald-tusk-eu-asylum-ban-russia-belarus-migration-security/ |title=Poland wins after EU backs its proposed asylum ban for Russia, Belarus |website=politico.eu |author=Nicolas Vinocur, Clea Caulcutt, Eddy Wax |date=17 October 2024 |access-date=21 October 2024}}</ref>

In January 2025, Tusk supported proposals to reduce benefits paid by Poland to [[Ukrainian refugee crisis|Ukrainian refugees]], limiting eligibility to those actually living in the country.<ref>{{cite news |title=Poland on track to cut benefits for Ukrainian refugees |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/poland-on-track-to-cut-benefits-for-ukrainian-refugees/ |work=Euronews |date=24 January 2025}}</ref>

In February 2025, Tusk unveiled plans for economic deregulation to spur growth, appointing [[InPost]] CEO [[Rafał Brzoska]] to lead the advisory team, although Brzoska later abandoned the project.<ref>{{cite news |title=Poland's Tusk expects $160 billion of investment in 2025 to spur growth|url= https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/polands-tusk-expects-160-billion-investment-2025-spur-growth-2025-02-10/|work=Reuters|date=10 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Szef InPostu kończy współpracę z Tuskiem. Mówi o patologiach systemu |url=https://tvrepublika.pl/Polska/Szef-InPostu-konczy-wspolprace-z-Tuskiem-Mowi-o-patologiach-systemu/186964 |access-date=23 July 2025 |website=tvrepublika.pl |language=pl}}</ref> In May of the same year, Tusk announced plans to introduce 100 new laws that would have helped deregulate the Polish economy, but those plans were later scrapped.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2025 |title=Tusk: Do końca maja gotowych będzie ponad 100 ustaw deregulacyjnych |url=https://www.bankier.pl/wiadomosc/Tusk-Do-konca-maja-gotowych-bedzie-ponad-100-ustaw-deregulacyjnych-8947306.html |access-date=23 July 2025 |website=Bankier.pl |language=pl}}</ref>

=== Foreign policy ===
{{See also|List of international prime ministerial trips made by Donald Tusk}}
[[File:Donald Tusk, Volodymyr Zelenskyy 2 (2024).jpg|thumb|Meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, 2024]]
On 22 January 2024, Tusk arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine on a working visit and met with Ukrainian President [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]]. He stated that all those who chose neutrality in the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]] and did not support Ukraine deserved "the darkest place in political hell", calling for the "full mobilization" of the West.<ref>{{cite news |title=Poland's new PM Tusk criticizes neutrality in Russia's war on Ukraine |url=https://english.nv.ua/nation/poland-s-new-pm-tusk-criticizes-neutrality-in-russia-s-war-on-ukraine-50386286.html |work=[[The New Voice of Ukraine]] |date=22 January 2024}}</ref> Tusk has supported efforts to strengthen European strength in the face of Russia, proclaiming "there is no reason for the EU to be weaker than Russia" after a string of comments made by then-US presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]] saying that he would let Russia do "whatever the hell they want" to NATO countries who do not satisfy spending commitments.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scholz says Trump NATO remarks 'irresponsible and dangerous' |url=https://www.dw.com/en/scholz-says-trump-nato-remarks-irresponsible-and-dangerous/a-68240600 |website=dw |access-date=14 February 2024 |archive-date=13 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213232852/https://www.dw.com/en/scholz-says-trump-nato-remarks-irresponsible-and-dangerous/a-68240600 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In May 2024, Tusk criticized the [[International Criminal Court]]'s arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] alongside [[Hamas]] leaders, saying, "an attempt to show that the prime minister of Israel and the leaders of terrorist organizations are the same, and the involvement of international institutions in this, is unacceptable." The leaders of [[Israel]] and Hamas are suspected of committing [[war crimes in the Gaza war]].<ref>{{cite news |title=ICC will target other democracies next, Netanyahu warns |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-802095 |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=22 May 2024}}</ref>

In August 2024, Tusk stated that Ukraine's membership in the [[European Union]] would not be possible without resolving the question of Polish victims of the [[Volhynian Genocide]] and their proper remembrance, echoing the words of Defense Minister [[Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz]] spoken a few days before at a press conference. The Prime Minister's statement came as a reaction to the then-Ukrainian Foreign Minister [[Dmytro Kuleba]] who suggested that this issue should be left to historians.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3419585,poland-emphasizes-the-need-to-address-historical-issues-for-ukraines-eu-accession |title=Poland emphasizes the need to address historical issues for Ukraine's EU accession |website=polskieradio.pl |date=30 August 2024 |access-date=13 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/07/24/7467135/ |title=Ukraine can't join EU without resolving Volyn tragedy issue – Polish Defence Minister |website=pravda.ua |author=Olha Hlushchenko |access-date=13 September 2024}}</ref>

In January 2025, Tusk guaranteed safe passage for senior Israeli officials to travel to an event marking the 80th anniversary of the [[liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp]] by Soviet troops, despite an arrest warrant issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by the International Criminal Court.<ref>{{cite news |title=Most Poles disagree with giving Netanyahu safe passage to Holocaust memorial |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/most-poles-disagree-with-giving-netanyahu-safe-passage-to-holocaust-memorial/ |work=Euractiv |date=15 January 2025}}</ref>

In February 2025, Poland was Europe's leading [[Polish Armed Forces|defence spender]], allocating 4.7% of its GDP to military expenditure and significantly exceeding NATO's target threshold. Tusk emphasised maintaining strong [[European Union–United States relations|U.S.-European relations]] while advocating for [[2020s European re-armament|increased European defence capabilities]]. He ruled out sending Polish troops to Ukraine as part of a post-ceasefire peacekeeping force, diverting from French President [[Emmanuel Macron]]'s idea.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 February 2025 |title=Poland to Europe: Don't play games with Trump, spend more on defense |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-donald-tusk-throws-down-gauntlet-to-eu-leaders-ukraine-defense-spending/ |access-date=20 February 2025 |website=POLITICO |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In March 2025, Tusk emphasized the need for a united and well-armed Europe, proposing the creation of a European “Defense Bank” to finance military investments. He highlighted the paradox of "500 million Europeans asking 300 million Americans to defend them from 140 million Russians".<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 February 2025 |title= Premier na mównicy, prezydent na sali. W Sejmie o bezpieczeństwie Polski |url=https://www.pap.pl/aktualnosci/premier-na-mownicy-prezydent-na-sali-w-sejmie-o-bezpieczenstwie-polski |access-date=7 March 2025|website=PAP Polish Press Agency|language=en-PL}}</ref>

On 3 August 2025, Tusk criticized the [[Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)|Israeli blockade]] of the [[Gaza Strip]] that led to the [[Gaza Strip famine|famine]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Poland stands with Israel but not with policies causing civilian suffering, says PM Tusk |url=https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7785/artykul/3560110,poland-stands-with-israel-but-not-with-policies-causing-civilian-suffering-says-pm-tusk |work=[[Polskie Radio]] |date=3 August 2025}}</ref> writing on X that "Poland was, is, and will be on Israel’s side in its confrontation with Islamic terrorism, but never on the side of politicians whose actions lead to hunger and the death of mothers and children."<ref>{{cite news |title=“No one has the right to make children starve,” Poland tells Israel in Gaza warning |url=https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/08/03/no-one-has-the-right-to-make-children-starve-poland-tells-israel/ |work=Notes From Poland |date=3 August 2025}}</ref>

=== Controversy surrounding 2025 presidential election ===
During Tusk's term, the [[2025 Polish presidential election|2025 presidential election]] took place, where concerns were raised about the actions of some members of certain local electoral commissions.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kublik |first=Agnieszka |date=16 June 2025 |title= Słaby punkt między brudnopisem i systemem. PKW: w wyborach były duże nieprawidłowości |url= https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32026743,slaby-punkt-miedzy-brudnopisem-i-systemem-kbw-sprawdzilo-jak.html |access-date=5 September 2025}}</ref> Based on these concerns, along with other members of the ruling coalition, he partook in [[election denial]] about the presidential election.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Pakuła |first=Dagmara |date=21 June 2025 |title=Tusk z pytaniem do Dudy, Nawrockiego i Kaczyńskiego. Chodzi o wyniki wyborów |url=https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/wybory/prezydenckie/news-tusk-z-pytaniem-do-dudy-nawrockiego-i-kaczynskiego-chodzi-o,nId,21842992 |access-date=22 June 2025}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite news |last=Szczęśniak |first=Agata |date=20 June 2025 |title=Tusk: "Wybory nie będą ważne z punktu widzenia wyborców, jeśli nie wyjaśnimy tych wątpliwości" |url=https://oko.press/tusk-wybory-nie-beda-wazne-z-punktu-widzenia-wyborcow |access-date=22 June 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Donald Tusk married Małgorzata Sochacka in 1978 in [[Gdańsk]], while both were students. The couple has two children, a son Michał (born 1982) and a daughter Katarzyna (born 1987), as well as five grandchildren.<ref name="guardian profile"/> They primarily live in [[Sopot]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 November 2024 |title= Tak mieszka Donald Tusk. |url= https://kobieta.onet.pl/wiadomosci/donald-tusk-mieszka-w-kamienicy-zona-premiera-zima-ciagnie-od-piwnicy/bechq0d |website=Onet |language=pl}}</ref>

His son Michał worked as a spokesman and consultant for the [[OLT Express]] airline owned by a shadow bank [[Amber Gold (company)|Amber Gold]], which was later revealed to be a [[Ponzi scheme]] operating during Tusk's first tenure as prime minister. In 2017 Michał Tusk testified before a parliamentary investigative commission regarding the matter.<ref name="APN17">{{cite news |title=Son of EU Council head questioned over Polish financial scam |url=https://apnews.com/international-news-general-news-c775e7acc06d4059a214eb6747cef128 |access-date=25 February 2025 |work=AP News |date=21 June 2017}}</ref>

Tusk belongs to the [[Kashubians|Kashubian]] minority in Poland. In an interview with the Israeli newspaper ''[[Haaretz]]'' in December 2008, he compared his own family history to the Jewish experience, describing the Kashubian minority as a people who, "like the Jews, are people who were born and live in border areas and were suspected by the [[Nazi Germany|Nazis]] and by the [[Polish People's Republic|Communists]] of being disloyal".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/polish-pm-there-is-no-polish-culture-without-jewish-culture-1.243485 |newspaper=[[Haaretz]] |title=Polish PM: There is no Polish culture without Jewish culture |date=10 February 2010 |access-date=4 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203053827/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/polish-pm-there-is-no-polish-culture-without-jewish-culture-1.243485 |archive-date=3 December 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Tusk speaks [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Kashubian language|Kashubian]], German, and English.<ref name=Higgins>Andrew Higgins, [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/world/europe/donald-tusk-poland-prime-minister.html Donald Tusk, a Man of Eclectic Identities, Returns to Power in Poland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214073428/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/world/europe/donald-tusk-poland-prime-minister.html |date=14 December 2023 }}, ''New York Times'' (12 December 2023).</ref> In 2014, at the time he was appointed President of the European Council, he was criticized for his poor English and lack of knowledge of French.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/30/polish-prime-minister-donald-tusk-president-european-council |first=Ian |last=Traynor |title=Polish prime minister Donald Tusk expected to become top EU official |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=29 August 2014 |access-date=30 August 2014 |archive-date=30 August 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830185853/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/30/polish-prime-minister-donald-tusk-president-european-council}}</ref> However, he underwent intensive language training in advance of assuming the role,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-10-06/local-news/European-Council-president-designate-Donald-Tusk-learning-English-in-Malta-to-take-office-on-1-Dec-6736123196 | title=European Council president designate Donald Tusk learning English in Malta | work=Malta Independent | date=6 October 2014 | access-date=10 March 2017 | archive-date=12 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312070722/http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-10-06/local-news/European-Council-president-designate-Donald-Tusk-learning-English-in-Malta-to-take-office-on-1-Dec-6736123196 | url-status=live }}</ref> rapidly mastering English.<ref name=Higgins/> In January 2019, Tusk gave a seven-minute speech only in [[Romanian language|Romanian]] at the [[Romanian Athenaeum]] in [[Bucharest]] at the ceremony that marked the beginning of Romania's [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union|EU Council Presidency]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2019/01/10/remarks-by-president-donald-tusk-at-the-opening-ceremony-of-the-romanian-presidency/|title=Remarks by President Donald Tusk at the opening ceremony of the Romanian Presidency|date=10 January 2019|access-date=10 January 2019|archive-date=10 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110233018/https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2019/01/10/remarks-by-president-donald-tusk-at-the-opening-ceremony-of-the-romanian-presidency/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://a1.ro/video/antena-3/punctul-de-intalnire/discurs-donald-tusk-in-limba-romana-prima-masina-a-familiei-mele-a-fost-dacia-1300-id833342.html|title=Discurs Donald Tusk în limba română: "Prima mașină a familiei mele a fost Dacia 1300"|publisher=[[Antena 3 (Romania)|Antena 3]]|date=10 January 2019|language=ro|access-date=10 January 2019|archive-date=10 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110234919/https://a1.ro/video/antena-3/punctul-de-intalnire/discurs-donald-tusk-in-limba-romana-prima-masina-a-familiei-mele-a-fost-dacia-1300-id833342.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> receiving loud applause.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/actualitate/discurs-impresionant-in-limba-romana-sustinut-de-donald-tusk-presedintele-consiliului-ue.html|title=Discurs impresionant în limba română susținut de Donald Tusk, președintele Consiliului UE|publisher=[[Pro TV]]|date=10 January 2019|language=ro|access-date=10 January 2019|archive-date=11 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111041218/https://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/actualitate/discurs-impresionant-in-limba-romana-sustinut-de-donald-tusk-presedintele-consiliului-ue.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.capital.ro/moment-istoric-la-ateneul-roman-donald-tusk-discurs-superb-in-l.html|title=Moment unic la Ateneul Român! Donald Tusk, discurs superb în limba română: Prima maşină a familiei a fost o Dacia 1300|publisher=[[Capital (Romanian magazine)|Capital]]|date=10 January 2019|language=ro|access-date=10 January 2019|archive-date=10 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110233112/https://www.capital.ro/moment-istoric-la-ateneul-roman-donald-tusk-discurs-superb-in-l.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.b1.ro/stiri/eveniment/donald-tusk-limba-romana-libertatea-statul-helmuth-dukadam-penalty-257133.html|title=Donald Tusk, discurs IMPRESIONAT în limba română: Fac apel la români să apere libertatea, integritatea și statul de drept cum a apărat Helmuth Dukadam cele patru penalty-uri (VIDEO)|publisher=[[B1 TV]]|date=10 January 2019|language=ro|access-date=10 January 2019|archive-date=11 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111121359/https://www.b1.ro/stiri/eveniment/donald-tusk-limba-romana-libertatea-statul-helmuth-dukadam-penalty-257133.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Tusk's religious views became a subject of debate during his 2005 presidential campaign. To avoid further speculation, shortly before the election he requested a [[Catholic marriage]] ceremony with his wife Małgorzata, whom he had married in a civil ceremony 27 years prior.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://kobieta.onet.pl/slub/ks-dariusz-oko-ws-slubu-donalda-tuska-trzeba-miec-szczere-intencje-by-byl-wazny/xyj2g|title=Ks. Dariusz Oko ws. ślubu Donalda Tuska: trzeba mieć szczere intencje, by był ważny|date=12 August 2014|work=OnetKobieta|language=pl-PL|access-date=2 June 2017|archive-date=26 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426104023/http://kobieta.onet.pl/slub/ks-dariusz-oko-ws-slubu-donalda-tuska-trzeba-miec-szczere-intencje-by-byl-wazny/xyj2g|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/polityka/wspolzalozyciel-partii-po-zdradza-donald-tusk-wzia-slub-koscielny-by-zostac-premierem_416815.html|title=Współzałożyciel partii PO zdradza: Donald Tusk wziął ślub kościelny by zostać premierem|work=Super Express|date=12 August 2014|language=pl|access-date=2 June 2017|archive-date=5 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105135509/http://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/polityka/wspolzalozyciel-partii-po-zdradza-donald-tusk-wzia-slub-koscielny-by-zostac-premierem_416815.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 12 December 2019, Tusk published his memoir ''Szczerze'' (''Honestly''), reflecting on his memories from the five-year tenure as President of the European Council.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/donald-tusk-czasami-politycy-staraja-sie-mowic-szczerze/qzvesjb |title= Donald Tusk: czasami politycy starają się mówić szczerze |date=10 January 2019|access-date=16 December 2019 |website=Onet |language=pl}}</ref>

==Honours and awards==
The [[Charlemagne Prize]] of the city of [[Aachen]] was awarded to Tusk on 13 May 2010 for his merits in the further unification of Europe and for his role as a "patriot and great European". He dedicated the prize to the people killed in a [[2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash|plane crash of a Polish Air Force Tu-154 in April 2010]] including the Polish president Lech Kaczyński. The eulogy was given by German chancellor Angela Merkel.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dw.de/merkel-tusk-focus-on-eu-economic-woes-at-award-ceremony/a-5570323 |title=Merkel, Tusk focus on EU economic woes at award ceremony |date=13 May 2010 |publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915025408/http://www.dw.de/merkel-tusk-focus-on-eu-economic-woes-at-award-ceremony/a-5570323 |archive-date=15 September 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2012, he received the [[Walther Rathenau Institut#Walther-Rathenau-Preis|Walther-Rathenau-Preis]] "in recognition for his commitment to European integration during Poland's Presidency of the Council of the EU in the second half of 2011 and for fostering Polish–German dialogue". In her speech German chancellor Merkel praised Tusk as "a farsighted European".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/101319,PM-Tusk-collects-award-for-promoting-European-integration#sthash.xwHvXyT9.dpuf |title=PM Tusk collects award for promoting European integration |publisher=Polskie Radio |date=31 May 2012 |access-date=31 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811054034/http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/101319%2CPM-Tusk-collects-award-for-promoting-European-integration#sthash.xwHvXyT9.dpuf |archive-date=11 August 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the same year, he also received the [[European Prize for Political Culture]].<ref name="SWI swissinfo.ch 2012">{{cite web | title="Europapreis für politische Kultur" geht an Donald Tusk | website=SWI swissinfo.ch | date=4 August 2012 | url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/alle-news-in-kuerze/-europapreis-fuer-politische-kultur--geht-an-donald-tusk/33245214 | language=de | access-date=31 August 2021 | archive-date=8 August 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808100736/https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/alle-news-in-kuerze/-europapreis-fuer-politische-kultur--geht-an-donald-tusk/33245214 | url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2017, he was awarded an honorary doctorate at the [[University of Pécs]], Hungary, in recognition of Tusk's "achievements as a Polish and European politician, which are strongly connected with Hungarian, regional and European history".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://dailynewshungary.com/tusk-awarded-honorary-doctors-title-pecs-university/ |title=Tusk Awarded Honorary Doctor's Title by Pécs University |access-date=9 December 2017 |archive-date=10 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210071536/https://dailynewshungary.com/tusk-awarded-honorary-doctors-title-pecs-university/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 16 December 2018, Tusk was awarded an honorary doctorate at the [[Technical University of Dortmund|TU Dortmund University]], Germany, "in recognition of his services to European politics and his contribution to the debate on European values".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tu-dortmund.de/en/university/news/meldung/tu-dortmund-university-awards-honorary-doctorate-to-donald-tusk-president-of-the-european-council/|title=TU Dortmund University Awards Honorary Doctorate to Donald Tusk, President of the European Council|access-date=17 December 2018|archive-date=17 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217202408/https://www.tu-dortmund.de/en/university/news/meldung/tu-dortmund-university-awards-honorary-doctorate-to-donald-tusk-president-of-the-european-council/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2019, he was awarded an honorary doctorate at the [[University of Lviv]], Ukraine, which he accepted on the fifth anniversary of the [[Revolution of Dignity]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lnu.edu.ua/en/doctor-and-friend-donald-tusk-awarded-with-doctor-honoris-causa-of-lviv-university/|title="Doctor and friend": Donald Tusk awarded with "Doctor Honoris Causa of Lviv University"|access-date=23 February 2019|archive-date=30 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730005354/https://www.lnu.edu.ua/en/doctor-and-friend-donald-tusk-awarded-with-doctor-honoris-causa-of-lviv-university/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[File:PER Order of the Sun of Peru - Grand Cross BAR.png|border|40px]] [[Order of the Sun of Peru|Grand Cross Order of the Sun]] (2008, Peru)<ref>{{cite web |title=Perú y Polonia inician una nueva etapa en sus relaciones, afirma presidente García |url=http://www.andina.com.pe/agencia/noticia-peru-y-polonia-inician-una-nueva-etapa-sus-relaciones-afirma-presidente-garcia-ampliacion-174711.aspx |publisher=Andina |language=es |date=14 May 2008 |access-date=7 December 2014 |archive-date=9 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209202930/http://www.andina.com.pe/agencia/noticia-peru-y-polonia-inician-una-nueva-etapa-sus-relaciones-afirma-presidente-garcia-ampliacion-174711.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Donald Tusk został "Słońcem Peru" |url=http://www.rmf24.pl/fakty/polska/news-donald-tusk-zostal-sloncem-peru,nId,218171 |publisher=RMF24 |language=pl |date=15 May 2008 |access-date=7 December 2014 |archive-date=8 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208205613/http://www.rmf24.pl/fakty/polska/news-donald-tusk-zostal-sloncem-peru,nId,218171 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[File:Den kongelige norske fortjenstorden storkors stripe.svg|border|40px]] Grand Cross of the [[Royal Norwegian Order of Merit]] (2012, Norway)
* [[Presidential Order of Excellence]] (2013, Georgia)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://idfi.ge/en/state-prices-awarded-by-the-president-of-georgia-in-2003-2015|title=State Awards Issued by Georgian Presidents in 2003–2015|date=10 May 2018|publisher=Institute for Development of Freedom of Information|access-date=9 May 2019|archive-date=9 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509224357/https://idfi.ge/en/state-prices-awarded-by-the-president-of-georgia-in-2003-2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[File:EST Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana - 1st Class BAR.svg|border|40px]] [[Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana]] (2014, Estonia)<ref>{{cite web|title=Teenetemärkide kavalerid – Donald Franciszek Tusk|url=http://www.president.ee/et/vabariik/teenetemargid/kavaler/19050/donald-franciszek-tusk|publisher=President of Estonia|language=et|access-date=7 December 2014|archive-date=18 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218002405/http://www.president.ee/et/vabariik/teenetemargid/kavaler/19050/donald-franciszek-tusk|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[File:Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise 1st 2nd and 3rd Class of Ukraine.png|40px]] The First Class of the [[Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise]] (2019, Ukraine)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/2699405-poroshenko-presents-awards-to-tusk-and-juncker.html|title=Poroshenko presents awards to Tusk and Juncker|date=14 May 2019|publisher=[[Ukrinform]]|access-date=25 May 2019|archive-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525112026/https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/2699405-poroshenko-presents-awards-to-tusk-and-juncker.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[File:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 1Class BAR.svg|40px|ribbon bar]] [[Order of the Rising Sun|Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun]] (2021, Japan)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/files/100182755.pdf|title= 令和3年春の外国人叙勲 受章者名簿|access-date= 29 April 2021|work= Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan|archive-date= 29 April 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210429040545/https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/files/100182755.pdf|url-status= live}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[First Cabinet of Donald Tusk]]
* [[Second Cabinet of Donald Tusk]]
* [[Third Cabinet of Donald Tusk]]
* [[History of Poland (1989–present)]]
* [[List of political parties in Poland]]
* [[List of politicians in Poland]]
* [[Politics of Poland]]
* [[List of Poles]]
* [[2005 Polish presidential election]]
* [[2005 Polish parliamentary election]]
* [[2007 Polish parliamentary election]]
* [[2011 Polish parliamentary election]]
* [[2023 Polish parliamentary election]]
* [[List of current heads of state and government]]
* [[List of heads of the executive by approval rating]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.gov.pl/web/premier The Chancellery of the Prime Minister] {{in lang|pl}}
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* [http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/european-council/president/ European Council President]
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