Polish PM accuses European leaders of hypocrisy | World news | The Guardian
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk has rounded on the leaders of Germany, France, Italy and Britain over their handling of Greece's debt crisis. Photograph: Kacper Pempel/Reuters
Poland's prime minister has accused western Europe's most powerful leaders of hypocrisy and myopia in the midst of what is being called the EU's worst crisis.
Assuming the rotating presidency of the EU for the first time, Donald Tusk rounded on the leaders of Germany, France, Italy, and Britain over their handling of the sovereign debt crisis in Greece, immigration, EU spending and the budget. He charged them with posing as European champions while pandering to a new form of Euroscepticism for personal political gain, and of using fears about immigration to curb freedom of travel in Europe.
The passionate and optimistic defence of the EU from the Polish leader was completely at odds with the mood in Brussels and other EU capitals, where commitment to the union is being eroded by the rise of populist Brussels-bashing, squabbling leaders, and soaring mistrust between member states. In defiance of the gloomy European zeitgeist, Tusk said: "The European Union is great. It is the best place on Earth to be born and to live your life."
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