European Council president Donald Tusk has poured petrol onto the Brexit flames by telling British MPs to explain to him "what that special place in hell looks like for people who promoted Brexit without even a sketch of a plan".

Mr Wilson, the party's Brexit spokesman, was robust in his response to Mr Tusk's suggestion there will be a "special place in hell" for those who promoted Brexit without any plan for how to safely deliver it.

European Council chief Donald Tusk insists he still does not have a clear idea of what the UK wants out of Brexit, following a phone call with British Prime Minister Theresa May.

European Council president Donald Tusk has goaded British MPs to push for a second referendum or cancel Brexit entirely, asking "who will have the courage to say what the only positive solution is" to the crisis.

In the language of conflicted, unsettled politics, the phrase “as short as possible” all too easily falls into the category of a believe-what-you-want comfort.

Theresa May said the letter from the EU contained "valuable new clarifications and assurances to put before the House of Commons, including on getting our future relationship in place rapidly so the backstop should never need to be used".

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The DUP has told British prime minister Theresa May to ditch the border backstop in favour of a “technological” alternative if she wants the Brexit deal to survive.

European Council president Donald Tusk has set out the process leading up to a Brussels summit of EU leaders on November 25 at which the UK's withdrawal agreement will be finalised and formalised.

The Taoiseach has said that the key issue of agreeing the backstop deal is not only an issue of substance but "an issue of trust".

The Government has urged British Prime Minister Theresa May to bring forward her proposals to break the deadlock in the Brexit talks over the Northern Ireland border.

European Council president Donald Tusk has launched a furious attack on the British government's claim the EU is acting like the Soviet Union on Brexit, accusing London of making "unwise" and "insulting" comments to stoke up public fears.

The European Union’s Salzburg summit was, we were led to believe by both sides in the Brexit negotiation, going to be the breakthrough moment. The Austrian hills would be alive with the sound of compromise and goodwill.

The one upcoming appointment that could make or break the EU over the next five years has been completely overlooked so far, writes Ana Palacio.

European Council president Donald Tusk has derided the actions of the United States under Donald Trump as "capricious", noting: "Someone could even think: 'With friends like that, who needs enemies?'"

European Council President Donald Tusk has said Brexit makes him furious.

European Council president Donald Tusk said he was "absolutely sure" that Britain and the remaining 27 EU nations will find a solution to avoid a hard border in Ireland.

The President of the European Council Donald Tusk will hold Brexit talks with the government in Dublin today.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and European Council president Donald Tusk have launched a brazen broadside against Britain's latest Brexit stand-off solution, saying Theresa May's plan to solve the issue is "having your cake and eating it" and "an illusion".

European Council president Donald Tusk has demanded more clarity from Prime Minister Theresa May over her plans for Brexit - and again held open the possibility of the UK changing its mind.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has welcomed the European Council's agreement to give the green light for Brexit talks to move on to their second phase.

The Tánaiste says the Government do not want to veto the progression of Brexit talks, but that more progress on the border issue is needed.

European Council president Donald Tusk has warned Theresa May she must satisfy Irish demands that there will be no "hard border" between the Republic and the North if the Brexit negotiations are to move forward.

Theresa May will reaffirm Britain's ongoing commitment to European security as she faces further pressure from EU leaders to spell out how she intends to settle the UK's Brexit "divorce bill".

The son of the European Council president is being questioned by Poland's parliamentary commission as part of an investigation into one of the country's biggest financial scams.

European leaders have marked the changing of the guard in Irish politics by welcoming new Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and championing the record of his now predecessor Enda Kenny, writes Political Correspondent Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

French President Emmanuel Macron is finalising his government line-up and will meet a senior European Union official as both try to keep the bloc from falling apart.

Poland's Foreign Ministry has suspended one of its honorary consuls in the US after the woman posted a digitally-altered image showing European Council President Donald Tusk dressed as a Nazi German SS officer.

A comparison between the draft EU negotiating guidelines and the final framework adopted at the European Council summit show only a small number of amendments.

European Council president Donald Tusk has said the case in which he was questioned as a witness in Poland is of "highly political character".

He said Brexit must not be the beginning of a process which leads to further splits in the 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.

European Union leaders have confirmed Donald Tusk for a second term as council president, overcoming weeks of strong opposition from his native Poland.

The incumbent seemed a certainty for re-election, until the ruling party of his own country, Poland, turned against him, writes Slawomir Sierakowski.

The Polish government will oppose a second term for fellow Pole Donald Tusk as the European Council chief at next week’s EU summit, the head of Poland’s conservative ruling party said.

Many European Union countries oppose obligatory quotas that would force them to take in refugees from other overwhelmed member states, European Council president Donald Tusk has said.

The EU must take a "brutally honest" assessment of its problems, according to the president of the European Council.

European Council president Donald Tusk said today that Brexit is a "very disorientating prospect" for Ireland.

The president of the European Council has opposed Greece's demand for an emergency leaders' summit on the country's troubled bailout programme.

European Union (EU) President Donald Tusk says the summit of 28 EU leaders to decide on the reforms that the UK is calling for will be one of the most important the bloc has ever seen.

The EU has just two months to get its migration strategy in order, European Council president Donald Tusk has warned.

The President of the European Council says Sunday is the final deadline for resolving the Greek debt crisis.