On 31 January 2017 , Tusk wrote an open letter to the 27 EU heads of state or government on the future of the EU before the Malta summit . In this letter , he stated the Trump administration presented a threat to the EU on a par with a newly assertive China , an aggressive Russia and “ wars , terror and anarchy in the Middle East and Africa . ” On 9 March 2017 , Tusk was re-elected for a second term to last until 30 November 2019 . He received 27 of 28 votes ; the one vote against him came from Beata Szydło , the Prime Minister of Poland . Tusk 's actions in the wake of the 2010 plane crash that killed then-Polish President Lech Kaczyński provoked opposition from Poland 's governing right-wing party &mdash; critics said that Tusk 's centrist government did not sufficiently investigate the cause of the crash . Szydło refused to sign the EU statement issued at the end of the Council 's meeting in protest at Tusk 's reelection , though other EU leaders spoke in favor of him ; Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands called him " a very good president , " and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and German chancellor Angela Merkel both made statements supporting the vote
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2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash
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