Speech: Report by President Donald Tusk to the European Parliament on the March European Council meeting

Text of a speech by the President of the European Council Donald Tusk at the European Parliament Plenary Session on 13 April 2016.

President Tusk recalled the main decisions which have been adopted during the European Council of 17-18 March 2016, including the joint-agreement with Turkey.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: European Council, Brussels, 17 - 18 March 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-council-brussels-17-18-march-2016/

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: SPEECH/16/1381, 13.04.16: Speech by President Jean-Claude Juncker at the European Parliament Plenary Session - Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 March 2016 and outcome of the EU-Turkey Summit http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-16-1381_en.htm

European Council: Speech, 13.04.16: Final remarks by President Donald Tusk to the European Parliament plenary session http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2016/04/13-tusk-final-remarks-european-parliament/

European Parliament: Newsroom: Press Release, 13.04.16: EU-Turkey deal on migrants: not perfect but most realistic tool to tackle crisis http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20160408IPR22136/

EUObserver, 13.04.16: Tusk says 'alarming' numbers of migrants in Libya https://euobserver.com/migration/133037

Politico, 13.04.16: Jean-Claude Juncker blasts Turkey’s attempt to muzzle German comedian http://www.politico.eu/article/jean-claude-juncker-blasts-turkeys-attempt-to-muzzle-german-comedian/

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