Tusk Says Poland Is Doing the Kremlin’s Work as EU Feud Escalates

  • Polish head of European Council mounts attack against Warsaw
  • Comments add to speculation about Tusk’s plans for a comeback

Donald Tusk attends ceremonies on Poland's Independence Day in Warsaw on Nov. 17. 

Photographer: Janek Skarzynski/AFP via Getty Images

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European Council President Donald Tusk lashed out at Poland, suggesting the ruling Law & Justice party is forwarding Russian interests in what is an unprecedented attack by an EU leader on a member state’s sitting government.

“Strident dispute with Ukraine, isolation in the European Union, walking away from rule of law and judicial independence, attack on non-governmental sector and free media,” Tusk wrote on his personal Twitter account on Sunday. “Law & Justice strategy or Kremlin plan? Too similar to sleep well.”