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Donald Tusk (r) is facing pressure from political rivals in Poland's ruling Law and Justice. (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

Poland at war against Tusk's EU job

Donald Tusk could become the first European Council president to be re-elected to the prestigious post against the will of his own country's government.

Tusk is a prime contender for the race, which will be decided at a meeting of EU heads of state on Thursday and Friday this week.

But Poland's ruling social-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, late on Saturday (4 March), barred Polish prime minister Beata Szydlo from backing Tusk's candidacy.

Instead, the ministry o...

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Donald Tusk (r) is facing pressure from political rivals in Poland's ruling Law and Justice. (Photo: The Council of the European Union)

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