In , he co-founded another centre-right liberal conservative party, Civic Platform PO , and he was again elected to the Sejm, and became its deputy speaker. He was elected prime minister in and with his party's victory in the Polish parliamentary election , he became the first prime minister to be re-elected since the fall of Communism in Poland.
In , he became president of the European Council and was re-elected to this position in He resigned as Polish prime minister to take the role, having been the longest-serving prime minister of the Third Polish Republic.
We're not done yet! Your opinion can help us make it better. We use cookies to improve our service for you. You can find more information in our data protection declaration. Tusk said he took the role with the Civic Platform party to "fight the evil" of the country's conservative leadership.
He helped establish the party in and led Poland as prime minister for two terms. Tusk, 64, served two terms as prime minister before leaving Poland for Brussels, where he took up the mantle of President of the European Council in Tusk said he is making a return to Polish politics to help fight the "evil" of the current right-wing movement. The Civic Platform party is the strongest group in Poland's fragmented opposition. Tusk helped establish the center to center-right party in For more than 25 years, Project Syndicate has been guided by a simple credo: All people deserve access to a broad range of views by the world's foremost leaders and thinkers on the issues, events, and forces shaping their lives.
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