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French President Emmanuel Macron, right, speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel prior to a meeting during an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 20, 2019. European Union leaders meet for a two-day summit to begin the process of finalizing candidates for the bloc's top jobs. (Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool Photo via AP)

EU fails to reach top jobs deal, will try again June 30

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European People's Party member and Candidate for the next president of the European Commission, Germany's Manfred Weber, left, is welcomed by European Council President Donald Tusk ahead to a meeting on EU top jobs at the Europa building in Brussels, Thursday, June 13, 2019. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)

EU’s Tusk queried in Poland over his past policy as premier

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FILE - In this Saturday April 10, 2010 file photo made from video provided by Polish Television's TVP, a firefighter walks near the crash site where Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and some of the country's most prominent military and civilian leaders died, near Smolensk in western Russia. A court in Poland has found a former government official guilty of negligence in the 2010 airplane flight to Russia that ended in a crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others. The court in Warsaw court on Thursday, June 13, 2019 ruled that Tomasz Arabski, an aide to Poland’s prime minister at the time, exposed the late president to danger by allowing a hazardous flight to a rudimentary Russian airport. (TVP via AP, file)

Polish court: Ex-aide negligent in presidential plane crash

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EU’s Tusk leads pro-Europe march in Poland before key vote

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

A child walks by boards depicting the creation of the Bucharest EU Children Declaration, a call for EU leaders to make child participation a priority, by children supported by UNICEF in the Piata Mare square in the Transylvanian town of Sibiu, Romania, Wednesday, May 8, 2019. European Union leaders hold an EU summit in Sibiu on Thursday to start setting out a course for increased political cooperation in the wake of the impending departure of the United Kingdom from the bloc. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

The Latest: Romanian soccer hero scores again for EU’s Tusk

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French President Emmanuel Macron,left, greets British Prime Minister Theresa May before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris Tuesday, April 9, 2019. A top official at the French presidency says France doesn't rule out granting a further delay to Brexit, just before a planned meeting between Prime minister Theresa May and President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

The Latest: EU, UK agree to delay Brexit until Halloween

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech about the Brexit ahead of a meeting of the European council, at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

The Latest: Dutch PM: Britain could walk out without deal

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session, at parliament in London, Wednesday, March 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

The Latest: UK’s May has ‘personal regret’ over Brexit bumps

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May at a community centre during her visit to Belfast, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May has told business leaders in Northern Ireland that she is seeking changes to the Brexit withdrawal agreement but not the total removal of the backstop plan that is the most contentious part of the deal. (Clodagh Kilcoyne/PA via AP)

EU chief ponders ‘special place in hell’ for some Brexiteers

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EU’s Tusk likens Polish govt to contemporary ‘Bolsheviks’

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The President of the European Council Donald Tusk testifies before a parliamentary investigation commission, in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. The commission is investigating a pyramid scheme that cheated thousands of Poles out of their savings during Tusk's time as Poland's prime minister. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Tusk defends actions as former PM at Poland’s pyramid probe

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European Council President Donald Tusk, left, and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar arrive before their meeting at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

EU chief says British EU-Soviet comparison unwise, insulting

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British Prime Minister Theresa May smiles when arriving at the informal EU summit in Salzburg, Austria, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)

The Latest: EU’s Tusk says Brexit compromise still possible

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European Council President Donald Tusk, right, speaks with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, June 22, 2017. European Union leaders are gathering for a two day summit to weigh measures in which to tackle terrorism and migration and to create closer defense ties. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

‘Imagine’ if Britain stays in EU? Discord at EU summit

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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, June 22, 2017. European leaders on Thursday have agreed to crack down on online extremism and deepen efforts against European fighters joining extremists abroad. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

The Latest: EU to boost military cooperation, buy drones

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European Council President Donald Tusk speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels on Saturday, April 29, 2017. EU Council President Donald Tusk says that Britain will face a united bloc of 27 EU nations in the two years of divorce negotiations and said the welfare of citizens and families living in each other's nations will be the priority once the talks start. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Polish official suspended over image of Tusk as SS officer

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Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council waves as he arrives at the prosecutor office in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. He has to testify in an investigation into an alleged secret deal between Polish and Russian intelligence officials. Tusk is to be questioned by prosecutors in Warsaw as a witness. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

EU’s Tusk questioned for hours in Polish investigation

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European Union President Donald Tusk speaks with journalists as he arrives at the European Council building in Brussels on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) ** FILE **

Donald Tusk, EU chief, sees Donald Trump announcements as threats

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People wait in line in order to get into a reception center for migrants and refugees in Opatovac, Croatia, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Deeply-divided EU to hold emergency summit on migrant crisis

By Lorne Cook and John-Thor Dahlburg - Associated Press