Poland’s attempt to undermine Donald Tusk could be a silver lining for EU

Poland is likely to lash out at the EU over a perceived recent humiliation. This could offer the EU a chance at emancipation, writes Slawomir Sierakowski.

UNTIL his recent bungled attempt to block Donald Tusk’s reelection as European Council President, Poland’s de facto leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, may have appeared to many European Union leaders to be a politician in the vein of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán or some Western populist.

But that is far from the case. And now Europe has gotten a taste of Polish political culture, which has long revolved around attempting to restrain a madman.