BRUSSELS: Poland stuck to its guns Monday over its last-minute proposal of a rival candidate to succeed Donald Tusk as European Council president at a summit this week.

The right-wing government in Warsaw announced on Saturday it wanted Polish Euro-MP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski instead of its bitter long-term foe Tusk, a former Polish premier.

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