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...The letter was also signed by the leaders of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Sweden....
...“I will urge Europe’s Nato partners to increase their funding,” Tusk said, noting that Poland was already spending double the target of 2 per cent of gross domestic product....
...That’s not stopped senior politicians from Poland and the three Baltic states who are already eyeing security portfolios for which Russia’s war against Ukraine — and Moscow’s threat to their borders — has...
...In total, Poland is expected to receive some €60bn of the EU’s recovery fund....
...Ukraine’s trade minister has told my colleagues that Kyiv would accept trade restrictions with the EU to defuse a bitter political dispute with Poland — but urged the bloc to ban Russian grain imports....
...What to watch today Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk hosts British premier Rishi Sunak and Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg....
...We have to rebuild justice [in Poland].”...
...Today, Laura and our Istanbul correspondent report on an audit of the EU’s controversial migration deal with Turkey....
...Poland wants to revive the so-called Weimar Triangle, a three-way alliance created in the 1990s ahead of Poland’s EU accession, but mostly left dormant since....
...And my Brussels colleague reports on the peace negotiations between Poland and the EU....
...See you in court: Meet Julia Przyłębska, top judge on Poland’s constitutional tribunal, who could help thwart premier Donald Tusk’s pro-EU agenda....
...In a similar move this week, Brussels approved an advance payment of €5.1bn to Poland, a first tranche of the money frozen over rule of law concerns in the country, as Donald Tusk prepares to return to office...
...Lithuania has been eager for Germany to send the troops as soon as possible, to complement British soldiers in Estonia, Canadians in Latvia and Americans in Poland....
...Reversing the ban: A bill that would legalise abortions in Poland during the first months of pregnancy is putting Donald Tusk’s government to the test....
...That means no to Hungary’s Fidesz party and Poland’s Law and Justice, but yes to other hard-right parties such as Brothers of Italy....
...What to watch today European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen visits Poland and meets Prime Minister Donald Tusk....
...Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre meets Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw....
...The latest profit warning comes after Kingfisher cut its annual profit forecast from £634mn to £590mn in September, due to tougher trading in France and Poland....
...’s elections and that “Poland does not need lessons in democracy”....
...This, he said, could be reconciled with Poland’s economic interests....
...Prime ministers of the Visegrad group of Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia meet in Prague....
...On Ukraine, Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said the quiet bit out loud, explicitly citing “war fatigue” among the public....
...Context: Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) is seeking a third term in office this weekend, running against former premier Donald Tusk, who has been trailing in the polls....
...But other countries, including Italy, Poland and Finland, want more flexibility, arguing that Ukraine’s ammunition needs are critical and EU producers can’t meet them....
...France has beefed up its border checks with Italy and on Wednesday Germany said it would dispatch police patrols to its borders with Poland and the Czech Republic to detect migrants who should not be allowed...
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