Early election may delay European Union reform treaty

Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva stated that the EU summit in Lisbon, scheduled for the October 18 and 19, will be informal and the ceremony of signing the treaty will take place in December. According to Rzeczpospolita, Portugal wants to avoid chaos in the case of early election in Poland, which may take place on 21 October. The main political parties declared that they do not want to use the treaty for political purposes in the election campaign. Law and Justice politicians state that the government has the right to approve the new treaty before the elections and the opposition parties do not object to it. "It is in the interest of the EU and Poland to adopt this document," said the Democratic Left Alliance's Tadeusz Iwiński. The early election in Poland may also have an impact on negotiations with Americans on the anti-missile shield, part of which is to be built in Poland. "The new government may change the negotiated agreement. And this may discourage the Americans from signing the agreement," said an anonymous diplomat quoted by Rzeczpospolita.