Donald Tusk Quotes

Tomorrow I meet PM Boris Johnson. I hope that he will not like to go down in history as “Mr. No Deal”.

EU27 is not working on 'no-deal' scenario.

It will make it more complicated and costly than today for all of us. This is the essence of Brexit.

I can confirm that Poland will join the euro zone, and not just because all the treaties are signed, but because I consider it of strategic interest both for Poland and the European Union. But only a fool would believe that the euro could provide a guarantee that a financial crisis would never happen again.

But if we restore the normal role of public television. Not that they say 'Tusk is a genius and Kaczyński is a Jew'. Just saying... Only that there would be normal public television again, people with different views, debates and so on.

[I will] not co-operate on [a] no-deal.

As a historian I fear Brexit could be the beginning of the destruction of not only the EU but also Western political civilisation in its entirety.

The UK's decision on Brexit has caused the problem and the UK will have to solve it. Without a solution there will be no withdrawal agreement and no transition.

I may be from the east but I am not a beast.

If the UK government sticks to its decision to leave, Brexit will become a reality - with all its negative consequences - in March next year. Unless there is a change of heart among our British friends. Wasn't it David Davis himself who said 'if a democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy'. We, here on the continent, haven't had a change of heart. Our hearts are still open to you.

The fate of Brexit is in the hands of our British friends. As the EU, we are prepared for the worst, but hope for the best. As you know, hope dies last.

Tragic paradox that the subject of #NiceAttack was the people celebrating liberty, equality and fraternity.

No-one will ever tell me that Brexit is a good thing because as I have always said, in fact, Brexit is only about damage control.

The EU will be able to rise to every scenario as long as we are not divided.

If a deal is impossible, and no-one wants no deal, then who will finally have the courage to say what the only positive solution is?