In Brief: New Deputy Treasury Minister; EU Parliament; Referendum vote

Prime Minister Leszek Miller has appointed Tadeusz Soroka as Deputy Treasury Minister, the government announced yesterday. Soroka has been deputy p resident of publicly listed Kopex since February last year. (www.onet.pl) ... 51 Polish deputies and senators took part in the debate of the European Parliament yesterday. A year before accession in the EU, Polish parlia mentarians are allowed to take part in the debates although they are not allowed to vote. "We have much better working conditions here than in the Sejm," the deputies said. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A5) ... Rzeczpospolita has leant that Civic Platform (PO) deputies want to change the referendum so that voter frequency will be announced on the first day of the referendum. Apparently they are collecting signatures under a motion to this end. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.Z.