European Council chief Donald Tusk brushes off summons
Polish prosecutors want Tusk to give evidence in a case relating to events when he was the country’s prime minister
Warsaw/Brussels — Polish prosecutors had summoned European Council president Donald Tusk as a witness in a case against former secret service officials, the Warsaw district prosecutor’s office said on Monday. The case relates to events when Tusk was Poland’s prime minister. The summons announcement came two days after Poland’s foreign minister said the government would start obstructing EU business as the bloc angered Warsaw by reappointing Tusk as chairman of EU summit meetings. The eurosceptic Law and Justice party, which has been in power since 2015, has brought prosecutors under direct government control. Prosecutor Michal Dziekanski said Tusk had been summoned to testify in the investigation against former heads of the military counterintelligence services "charged with co-operating with intelligence services of another country without the required authorisation of the prime minister". But Tusk’s spokesman said the European Council president would not be available for the March...
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