Following row over U.S. policy Germany and Poland move closer together

Poland and Germany seem to be over their recent conflict over a common stand on U.S. policy against Iraq. On Friday in Brussels German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer assured Danuta Huebner, Polish Minister for Europe that he understood her government's attitude and was willing to continue co-op eration on the future reform of EU. "We understand the reaction of the Central European countries, which have come through the 50 year long Soviet occupation and see the U.S. in a different light. We must get over the differences, with the priority being EU expansion and the strengthening of Europe. Fisher would like to see all the candidate countries to work on the future EU constitution on the condition that they accept signing of the document this year, that is before they officially join the "15" and get the right to veto the bill. (Rzeczpospolita, March 1-2, p. A12) J.K.