Poland Takes Centre Stage At EU Summit

The Poles found themselves in the midst of the cut and thrust of the June EU summit, which was called to try and find a way out of the Constitution debacle. The Kaczynski brothers pushed hard for qualified majority voting weights more favourable to Poland, and more EU parliament seats, which ruffled many feathers amongst the 'old' member states. The anti-German rhetoric at the summit was hardly helpful, but we do not think that the veiled threats from some Brussels insiders that the Polish stance at the conference are too serious. The forceful defence of Polish interests was perhaps a

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