WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Donald Tusk’s English is shaky, his French nonexistent, and his nation — Poland — has only sat at the EU table since 2004.

No matter. European Union leaders instead focused on his talents — a rare political acumen and a pro-European bent — before unanimously naming the Polish prime minister to one of the bloc’s top leadership posts.

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