Donald Tusk

I spent an important part of my life participating in conflicts. But for me, conflict was not the main principle.

I will be engaging myself personally, as the head of the Polish government, in the optimization of conditions for the exploration, research, logistics and the business related to the production of shale gas.

Poles must understand history but we must also overcome it if it is obstructing our contemporary goals.

In Poland we still believe - and this certainly applies to my government - that greater competitiveness, and greater growth and savings are possible in an economy which is as sparely regulated as possible, where freedom, competition and private ownership are key values.

What we have to do is to definitively remove the last vestiges of power from those who treat terms such as 'liberal democracy,' 'free markets' and 'Europe' with suspicion.

Today, the most important political instrument in the hands of the opposition is the presidential veto.

I can confirm that Poland should become a eurozone country, and not just because of the treaties that have been signed, but because I consider it of strategic interest both for Poland and the E.U.

My Kashubian family, like the Jews, are people who were born and live in border areas and were suspected by the Nazis and by the Communists of being disloyal.

If we want to protect people against dictators or repression or torture, don't you need that rule to be universal so as to not end up with a situation where we do so only when it is comfortable, profitable and safe?

I'm plain incapable of getting angry with Angela Merkel and likewise.

Quality of life is not only about what you find in the shops; it's about the landscape.

There is no Polish culture without Jewish culture.