French President slams Polish pro U.S. stance in Iraq

The President of France, Jacque Chirac's accusation against Poland and other EU candidate countries of bad behavior and recklessness, and his statement that these countries should keep quite instead of supporting the USA's strategy against Iraq, has caused strong reactions from numerous politicians. "In the European family, there will be no division into parents and children, which are not mature enough to be partners," said Poland's Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz. In Poland's defense, UK Premier Tony Blair in a statement said, "All candidate countries have the same right to speak up as Great Britain or France has." (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.K.