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PM Tusk to receive democracy award

28.07.2010 11:18

Prime Minister Donald Tusk is to receive the annual Vasek Polak Award in Prague today for services to democracy.

 

Established by the American Institute on Political and Economic Systems in 1995, the prize is granted to European leaders in recognition of actions taken for the benefit of democracy and collaboration among nations.

 

The list of political figures previously recognized by the institute includes Czech president Vaclav Klaus, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, and Poland’s former head of state, Lech Wałęsa.

 

Vasek Polak, was a Czech patriot who foiled Nazi Germans’ plans of destroying the famed Charles Bridge in Prague during World War II.

 

In May, PM Donald Tusk follows in the footsteps of Winston Churchill, Tony Blair and Bill Clinton, receiving the Charlemagne Prize 2010 in Aachen, western Germany for services to a united Europe. (ab/pg)

 

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Comments: 5 Add new comment
ak
29/07/2010 09:42:32
Tusk to receive Charlemagne Prize - Obama to receive the Nobel Prize. whats the difference! These types of polititians are very popular now a days. Lots of rhetoric, zero deeds.
katyN goes on
29/07/2010 10:23:59
The more things change the more they stay the same. Prior to 1985 it'll be a socialist award and a kiss on the lips from Brezhnev. Now it's 'democracy' award - same BS, only from a different bunch of demagogues.
Radek
29/07/2010 23:40:43
You two sound like bitter old women with nothing better to whine about. Good for Tusk. He should get another reward for putting up with all the stupid people and nonsense that goes on in Poland nowadays.
Duck hunter
30/07/2010 10:03:34
Yea, I have the reward for him too, a rope!
Tomasz
30/07/2010 23:30:15
As much as Tusk has done to restore Poland's standing in the European community after the disaster of the 2005-2007 government, this award is as much for Tusk as it is a slap at the Kaczynski twins. Poland was the laughing stock of Europe during the regressive Kaczynski regime.
Bravo to Tusk and PO for bringing respectability back to Poland.
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