The idea of Poland taking the lead in Europe is unfamiliar, although it was the norm in the 16th and 17th centuries. Visiting Kyiv last month, Donald Tusk, its newly elected prime minister, issued a bold rallying cry. As Tusk, a former EU council president, rebuilds bridges to Brussels dynamited by Eurosceptic predecessors, Europe is getting the message. …Europe may have less than a year to “get its act together”, as one Polish official put it. Maybe Poland’s Tusk, having heroically slain the dragons of reaction at home, will emerge as Europe’s new Piłsudski.

Source: The Guardian February 18, 2024 17:00 UTC