Former Big Brother TV star Sebastian Florek seeks post in Strasbourg

"I am ready to face the scrutiny of the ballot box," said Florek, adding that he could tackle agricultural and environmental issues at the Strasbourg based Europarliament. Joanna Sosnowska, another SLD candidate, is known for her interest in sexual minorities rights and abortion. "If elected, I could deal with infrastructure and high technologies, but the social issues I am usually associated with also turn me on," she said. Neither of the deputies speaks any foreign languages, while the head of provincial legislature in the Wamińsko-Mazurskie region where the two are expected to be placed, said that he is "fairly fluent in two languages," adding that "just because you study languages, doesn't mean you're going to run [for the European Parliament]. " (www.onet.pl) A.N.