Donald Tusk Quotes

If we told our story even half as well as we actually governed, we would be winning election after election.

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

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

The paradox is that 500 million Europeans are asking 300 million Americans to defend them against 140 million Russians. We must rely on ourselves, fully aware of our potential and with confidence that we are a global power.

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

Brexit means drifting apart but we don't want to build a wall.

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.

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

Every family knows that a divorce is traumatic for everyone. Everyone in the EU, but especially the Brits themselves, would lose out economically [if Britain left the EU].

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?

There is a special place in hell for those who promoted Brexit without even a sketch of a plan of how to carry it out safely.

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

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.

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

Now, all that matters is help for people threatened by flooding and state action. Those who can, let them help, those who can't, let them not hinder. Politics must give way to solidarity.