Coalition divided over response to EU financial terms

The EU proposal concerning the financial terms under which Poland would join the alliance has elicited a variety of reactions within the ruling coalition . While the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) sees the EU proposal as a step fo rward in the negotiations, the Polish Peasants Party (PSL) deems it unfair. "Where is the equality and fair competition?" asked Deputy Prime Minister an d PSL leader Jaroslaw Kalinowski. "As a result of the Danish proposal, it is very difficult to find arguments to convince Poles to vote 'yes' to joining the European Union," said the Sejm's deputy speaker Janusz Wojciechowski, wh o did not exclude the possibility of PSL's leaving the coalition if the Poli sh negotiating team accepts the proposed terms. The SLD remained calm, seein g acceptance of the EU proposals as the right move. (Zycie, p. 1, 3) A.Z.