Buzek visits Spain for advance talks ahead of Spanish EU presidency

Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek began a two-day visit to Spain on Friday, accompanied by the chief European Union negotiator Jan Kulakowski, Foreign Minister Wladyslaw Bartoszewski and Treasury Minister Aldona Kamela-Sowinska. He started his visit with a meeting with the King of Spain Juan Carlos. Buzek told the Polish Press Agency (PAP) that Spain will hold the EU presidency in 6 months' time, when "it will be in charge of the negotiations in the most difficult areas such as agriculture, regional policy and finances. Therefore it is worth talking with the Spanish in advance." On Saturday, Buzek, along with his Spanish counterpart Jose Maria Aznar, took part in the inauguration of the Polish Year in Spain. (Rzeczpospolita, July 14-15, p. A4) A.Z.