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		</div><p>The Polish government will oppose a second term for fellow Pole Donald Tusk as the European Council chief at next week’s EU summit, the head of Poland’s conservative ruling party said.</p>
<p>The declaration by Poland’s most powerful politician, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, aimed to damage the prospects of his long-term political rival just days before a decision is made on Mr Tusk’s future.</p>
<p>Mr Kaczynski’s critics in Poland said he is putting domestic politics above Poland’s international standing and best interests.</p>
<p>Mr Tusk’s two-and-a-half year term ends in May.<br />
He is the only candidate for the position and enjoys general support.</p>
<p>Mr Tusk was Poland’s prime minister from 2007-2014, coming from a centrist, pro-EU party that is the main opponent of Mr Kaczynski’s ruling conservative Law and Justice party.</p>
<p>Mr Kaczynski claimed that now, against &#8220;elementary EU rules&#8221;, Mr Tusk was interfering in Poland’s internal affairs and backing the opposition.</p>
<p>Mr Tusk &#8220;cannot count in any way on our backing or on a lack of our objection&#8221;, he said.<br />
Poland’s objection alone could not prevent Mr Tusk from getting a second term confirmed at the March 9-10 summit &#8211; and not even if Poland’s political ally Hungary also objected, which does not seem likely.<br />
But a general consensus is always preferable in the appointment.</p>
<p>During his first term, Mr Tusk helped guide the 28-member bloc through difficult Greek bailout negotiations as the nation was facing the risk of being relegated from the shared euro currency zone.</p>
<p>He has also kept a relatively steady EU ship in the wake of Britain’s surprising decision to leave the bloc.</p>
<p>In the eyes of many in Brussels, Mr Tusk’s frank statements on top policy issues have brought new energy to the EU and his sometimes halting English has given a human touch to an institution often seen as too bureaucratic.</p>
<p>The only minor complication to his reappointment seems to be the EU’s political mathematics: the European People’s Party that backs Mr Tusk already has other members in top EU positions, with Jean-Claude Juncker heading the European Commission and Antonio Tajani as president of the European Parliament.</p>
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