The Polish government was preparing for action, with an armada of mainly political arguments and a media campaign, on the eve of the vote on the selection of the President of the European Council, in an attempt to overthrow what seems to make perfect sense to most of the member states: give Donald Tusk a second term in office.
The diplomatic offensive launched by Poland with no warning on Saturday 4 March (see EUROPE 11739) was stepped up a notch on Wednesday 8 March, 24 hours ahead of the...