APAC exhorts Polish government to start lobbying in Washington

"It is incredible that the Polish government has not done this yet," said Marylin Piurek, secretary of the coordinating committee of the Democratic Party, which in turn is also the secretary of the American Polish Advisory Council (APAC). Other representatives of APAC say that without professional lobbying, the Polish government is losing its opportunity as a close ally to the USA. "It is about providing detailed information to the American government, public opinion and private sector about the most important needs of Poland," said Piurek. Radek Sikorski, executive director at the New Atlantic Initiative in Washington, believes that a lobbyist could also help the Polish government to understand the mechanisms of American politics. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A5) M.M.