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Donald Tusk: EU's 'heart still open to UK' over Brexit BBC News (16 January 2018)
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If the UK government sticks to its decision to leave, Brexit will become a reality - with all its negative consequences - in March next year. Unless there is a change of heart among our British friends. Wasn't it David Davis himself who said 'if a democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy'. We, here on the continent, haven't had a change of heart. Our hearts are still open to you.

— Donald Tusk

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "If the UK government sticks to its decision to leave, Brexit will become a reality - with all its negative consequences - in March next year. Unless there is a change of heart among our British friends. Wasn't it David Davis himself who said 'if a democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy'. We, here on the continent, haven't had a change of heart. Our hearts are still open to you." in the context of "Donald Tusk: EU's 'heart still open to UK' over Brexit BBC News (16 January 2018)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Donald Tusk

About Donald Tusk

Donald Franciszek Tusk (born 22 April 1957) is a Polish politician who was President of the European Council from 2014 to 2019. He served as the 14th prime minister of Poland from 2007 to 2014 and again since 2023. He was a co-founder and chairman of the Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska) political party. On 20 November 2019, Tusk was elected as the president of the European People's Party (EPP), Europe's largest transnational political party.