05.07.07: Poland stays tough on EU treaty - 0 views
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05.07.2007 - 09:27 CET
Poland has reaffirmed it will not bow to pressure from its EU partners and is set to push for a fresh debate on the voting system in upcoming talks on a new treaty for the bloc.
"We're going to talk about this at the intergovernmental conference simply because, when something is decided, it has to be acted upon", Polish prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski told Polish public radio on Wednesday (4 July).
Poland's main concern centres around a specific part of the voting system which allows countries to delay an EU decision if they fall just short of the required number of countries to block it.
Warsaw claims it secured a gentleman's agreement at a meeting of EU leaders last month, allowing countries to delay decisions by up to two years.
However, the written mandate for negotiating a new EU treaty only promises a reasonable delay, which some officials say should not exceed four months.