From SafeHaven:
In a well deserved slap-in-the-face to Angela Merkel, EC president Donald Tusk blasted the Chancellor on Tuesday:
"Cyprus is as important as Germany, France, the Netherlands or any other member state. All animals are equal on my farm," said Tusk in reference to George Orwell's Animal Farm.The chastising pertains to Merkel acting unilaterally to work out an immigration deal with Turkey. I likened that deal to a "Backstabbing Pact With the Devil"
Merkel's deal is now unwinding. France, Spain, Cyprus and other countries have all spoken out against Merkel.
Tusk now seeks to "rebalance" Merkel's ridiculous proposal.
The Financial Times reports Tusk Moves Centre Stage to Patch up EU Migrant Deal with Turkey:
Donald Tusk will send all 28 EU national leaders on Wednesday a new draft of a refugee deal with Turkey that, in his own words, "needs to be rebalanced".
Speaking on Tuesday in Cyprus -- a trip necessitated because Ms Merkel's deal failed to take into account longstanding Cypriot grievances with Turkey -- he bluntly signalled that no one leader stood above the rest.
"Let me be clear in this respect: the EU is a union of 28 member states," he said, standing next to Nicos Anastasiades, Cypriot president. "Cyprus is as important as Germany, France, the Netherlands or any other member state."
Privately, diplomats say Mr Tusk has likened the German approach to George Orwell's Animal Farm, where all animals are equal but some are more equal than others.
"All animals are equal on my farm," Mr Tusk has reassured them, one recalled.
Mr Tusk's task is complicated by the fact he has never shared Ms Merkel's belief that Turkey is the linchpin of the migration crisis. He has instead advocated "closing" the refugee route through the western Balkans, a policy since implemented by Austria. This has stopped flows northwards but at the cost of creating a 50,000-strong back-up in Greece.
But in addition to soothing Cypriot anger, Mr Tusk must also untangle a knotty legal mess. The Merkel scheme has raised hackles at the UN for potentially violating international law, which prevents wholesale "pushbacks" of asylum seekers without hearing their cases individually.......MORE
The Poles were tickled when they found out that Frau Merkel's grandfather was a Kazmierczak but now they're worried she might be suffering from the very Germanic Alzheimer's.
Shifting gears, I've always thought Poland's Donald should order the song played when he enters a room or, now, when he's discussing refugees:
Here's the video of some of the recording of that bit of late '70's weirdness, complete with the USC Trojans marching band.Why don't you ask him if he's going to stay?
Why don't you ask him if he's going away?
Why don't you tell me what's going on?
Why don't you tell me who's on the phone?
Why don't you ask him what's going on?
Why don't you ask him who's the latest on his throne?
Don't say that you love me!
Just tell me that you want me!
Tusk! Tusk! Tusk! Tusk!
Tusk! Tusk! Tusk! Tusk!
Tusk! Tusk! Tusk! Tusk!
Tusk! Tusk! Tusk! Tusk!
Tusk!
Ms Nicks seems to know her way around a baton:
