Emmanuel Macron, the French president, and Donald Tusk, the Polish prime minister, have appeared to mock Donald Trump’s handshake.

Movement in the June 2024 European Parliament elections, French President Emmanuel Macron decided to call snap legislative elections to try to stabilize the domestic political situation. But Macron’s gamble that French citizens would reward him with a new majority and fresh mandate backfired,

For his part, Tusk was adamant that "it is the voters who will elect the presidents in Poland and in France, not the Kremlin and not Putin." Trump-proofing Europe, Poland and Ukraine

European nations, led by France and the UK, consider sending peacekeepers to Ukraine amid ceasefire proposals.

Helping Tusk to boost Polish influence across the EU are second-term foreign minister Radek Sikorski and trusted Tusk aide, Piotr Serafin. As EU budget commissioner, he will boost Poland’s long-term clout in discussions over EU finances and domestic debates over the cost benefits of membership.

Poland and France are on the same side when it comes to European security and a just peace in Ukraine, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said after talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in ...

By Wojciech Kosc in Warsaw Poland currently is not planning to send troops to Ukraine on a peacekeeping mission, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on December 12 following a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Warsaw.

It’s just one of the many things about the Republican and US president-elect which irritates other world leaders, and now, French president Emmanuel Macron and Polish prime minister Donald Tusk have poked fun at Donald Trump’s rather assertive way of shaking someone’s hand.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Tuesday said Ukraine had "no reason to yield" to Russia in any potential peace talks, adding that his government would defend Ukrainian interests.

In an effort to bolster the security of both Europe and Ukraine and in preparation for Donald Trump's return to the White House, Poland is looking not only north but to Paris.As Poland prepares to take over the EU's rotating presidency for six months on January 1,

How the EU and U.K. overcome political paralysis to meet pressing challenges will be the dominant theme of European politics in 2025.

As 2024 draws to a close, Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government expects 2025 to be eventful as it assumes the six-month presidency of the Council of the EU and presidential elections that will likely see Tusk’s camp take full power in the country.