Tusk lashes out at Trump stance on Europe

11/12/2018

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Euractiv staff | Euractiv

European Union chief Donald Tusk on Saturday (10 November) accused US President Donald Trump of being averse to a “strong and united” Europe and also warned against the emergence of a “brownshirt” nationalist front in EU elections next year. His comments came as Trump, in France for World War I centenary commemorations, blasted French President Emmanuel Macron over his proposals for a European army. “For the first time in history we have an American administration that is, to put it mildly, not enthusiastic about a united and strong Europe,” Tusk said in a speech in his native Poland. Read more here