Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000313/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Fabrice Leggeri (PfE), Jean-Paul Garraud (PfE)
In a video published on 2 July 2023[1], Donald Tusk, then leader of the centrist Civic Platform (which sits with the European People’s Party), criticised the government of the day for having let thousands of migrants ‘from Islamic countries’ enter Poland. He also opposed its alleged visa facilitation project for nationals of 21 countries, including several countries in Africa and the Middle East[2]. In other words, he was in favour of a policy of banning Muslims in Poland.
Furthermore, he expressed his opposition to the EU relocation programme, included in the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, which he described as a ‘threat to Poland’s security’.
He then concluded that it was necessary to ‘avert the threat on the horizon’.
Today, as Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk continues to oppose the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. However, he welcomes the Commission’s interpretation that allows a Member State to derogate from the EU’s right to asylum when confronted with a migration emergency orchestrated by a neighbouring third country. This interpretation is set out in black and white in a specific Communication published by the Commission in December.
Has the Commission taken a position, or does it intend to, on Donald Tusk’s stated desire to prevent migrants from Muslim countries coming to Poland?
Submitted: 24.1.2025