Tusk can prioritize building bridge with China

During the economically and socially turbulent years since 2007, Europeans have basically suffered two recessions. And another one is around the corner if the new leadership of the European Union does not handle the economic recovery properly.

Bucking this trend, measured by economic statistics, Poland has stood out as the only economy in the EU that has not contracted during the years when Donald Tusk was that country's prime minister over that period.

With such encouraging credentials, the 57-year-old Tusk has become the second full-time president of the European Council since the beginning of this month, replacing Herman Van Rompuy, and will host his debut summit of European leaders on Thursday and Friday. Of course, Europeans have shouldered him with the tremendous responsibility of repeating the Polish success story and bringing to an end the economic crisis, and he listed this as one of his four priorities on his first day of taking office in Brussels.