Well before his appointment to one of the most senior posts within the European Union, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk had honed a reputation as one of the bloc’s most pro-European and politically savvy leaders. The 57-year-old Mr. Tusk has … Read More
Finland’s EU minister Alexander Stubb, who wants to cut taxes and take his neutral country into NATO, has won the leadership of his ruling Conservative party, putting him on track to become prime minister later this month - June. British … Read More
Taavi Rõivas was sworn 26 March 2015 as the new Prime Minister of Estonia. The 34-year old politician from the liberal Reform Party has vowed to make security a priority, as Estonia feels vulnerable from Russia in the aftermath of Crimea’s … Read More
Friday 21 February, as Ukrainian opposition leaders held out against signing an EU-brokered deal to end bloodshed on the streets, Poland’s foreign minister dug into his own history to break the deadlock. If they did not sign up to compromise … Read More
Young, hyperactive and almost a consensus-seeker: Nils Ušakovs, mayor of the capital, embodies the complex relationship between the Latvian majority and the strong Russian minority of the country. An agent of the Kremlin. A mini-Putin. The Russian-speaking Mayor of Riga, … Read More
Angela Dorothea Kasner, better known as Angela Merkel, was born in Hamburg, West Germany, on July 17, 1954. Trained as a physicist, Merkel entered politics after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall. Rising to the position of Chairwoman of … Read More
Bronislaw Komorowski marks the third anniversary of taking office as Poland’s head of state on 6 August, with opinion polls finding that he remains the country’s most trusted politician. The centre-right Bronislaw Komorowski beat his conservative rival for the Presidential … Read More
Donald Tusk, in full Donald Franciszek Tusk (born April 22, 1957, Gdańsk, Poland), Polish politician who became the first prime minister of Poland (2007– ) to serve two consecutive terms since the fall of communism in 1989. The son of a carpenter and a … Read More
Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen was seen jockeying for a high level position in EU when he adreesed the European Parliament 16 April 2013 in Strasbourg. He pleaded for the new concept of “fair integration”, which he found would keep the EU safe … Read More
Estonian Prime Minister, Andrus Ansip today stated that the current term will be his last. He will step down at the latest in 2015 - the year for elections in Estonia. As Chairman of the Reform Party and Prime Minister Andrus … Read More
The socialdemokratic leader, Algirdas Butkevičius, won the elections in Lithuania last year in October and is now Prime Minister. At the same elections two out three of the voters were against building a new nuclear power plant - as was Butkevičius. Now, … Read More
