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Still, it's not so easy to agree with our Chinese partners when it comes to these issues but our talks were difficult, tough but also promising.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We cannot push them away from us, but we cannot let them profit from Brexit, as that would be lethal for the EU.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
On the South China Sea we will see an important ruling today. Therefore let me repeat this: The rule-based international order is in our common interest and both China and the EU have to protect it, as this is in our people's best interest.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Why is it so dangerous? Because no one can foresee what the long-term consequences would be, as a historian I fear that Brexit could be the beginning of the destruction of not only the EU but also of western political civilization in its entirety.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If we (G7) do not take the lead in managing this crisis, nobody would.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Recent experience with Turkey shows Europe must set clear limits to its concessions.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The numbers of would-be migrants in Libya are alarming.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
As regards the Balkan route, we undertook action much too late, which resulted among others in the temporary closure of the borders inside Schengen, this is why our full cooperation with Italy and Malta today is a condition to avoid this scenario in the future.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I have no doubt, and this isn't just my opinion, that it's the government who should take a step here, and it should be a step back, this means that the government should back out of the unnecessary -- in my view -- actions toward the constitutional court.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The European Union appreciates our good and growing cooperation with Turkey to prevent irregular immigration.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Russia's actions in Syria are making an already very bad situation even worse, as a direct consequence of the Russian military campaign, the murderous Assad regime is gaining ground, the moderate Syrian opposition is loosing ground and thousands more refugees are fleeing towards Turkey and Europe.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It was a very tough, very emotional debate, we all agreed any new infrastructure should be fully in line with all the objectives of the EU, such as reducing energy dependency, diversification of suppliers, sources and routes.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's too easy to get into Europe, it is often said that we must be open to Syrian refugees. But these are only 30 percent of the inflow. Seventy percent are (economic) migrants. Also for this reason we need more effective controls.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This wave of migration is too big not to be stopped.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
In fact, his personal opinion and mine were and are that December is better than February, if he is ready to take this risk, I will be helpful. But then, it would be his risk ... If Cameron is sure December is better for him as the organizer of this referendum, I will be helpful and I am ready to convince our officials.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Today, we must prepare a concrete plan, which must finally appear in place of the arguments and the chaos we have witnessed in the last weeks. This plan must be our common plan. Nobody will be outvoted.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on CNN 9 years ago
There are 8 million displaced people within Syria, while about 4 million have fled from Syria to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. This means that today we are talking about millions of potential refugees trying to reach Europe, not thousands.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Our inability to find an agreement may lead to the bankruptcy of Greece and the insolvency of its banking system.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The stark reality is that we have only five days left ... Until now I have avoided talking about deadlines, but tonight I have to say loud and clear that the final deadline ends this week.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It is very obvious that we need decisions, not negotiations.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There is no more time for gambling. The day is coming, I'm afraid, that someone says that the game is over, it is very obvious that we need decisions, not negotiations.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I am realistic and I think that first of all we have to work out a new return policy, which would be a policy of sending them back, in a responsible manner we can talk about welcoming only a defined group of immigrants... Those who say let's open the door widely are cynical since they know it is not possible.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
On Thursday our overriding priority is to prevent more people from dying at sea, yOU MATTER.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It is increasingly difficult to build European unity over the relatively tough actions, which we have to acknowledge today include maintaining sanctions.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The duration of economic sanctions will be clearly linked to the full implementation of the Minsk agreement, we have to maintain our sanctions until the Minsk agreement is fully implemented.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This must ultimately conclude in Ukraine regaining control of its borders as foreseen in the (Minsk) plan.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
My intuition is that treaty change is close to mission impossible today because it's not only about rationality, about good argument, we need unanimity between 28 member states, in the European parliament, in 28 national parliaments in the process of ratification. To say that it is a Pandora's Box is too little.
– European Council President Donald Tusk
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
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