With 27 votes in favour and one against, Donald Tusk has been re-elected for two and a half years as president of the European Council by the EU heads of state and government meeting in Brussels on Thursday 9 March. His re-election provoked Poland to obstruct the publication of the conclusions from this summit.
To the great dismay of the Polish government, the choice for the president of the European Council was made in 30 minutes. After an unfruitful attempt to change the agenda for...