Kwasniewski plans leading role for himself in EU integration process

Reports in Zycie claim that following the parliamentary elections, President Aleksander Kwasniewski intends to place officials from the Presidential Office in strategic positions at the Foreign Ministry, thus guaranteeing himself the leading role in Poland's integration with the European Union (EU). An anonymous source quoted by Zycie says, "Leszek Miller will not interfere in the foreign affairs policy as he will be too busy with domestic matters." According to another source close to the Foreign Ministry, the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) leader would go along with the idea of leaving Jan Kulakowski in place as chief EU negotiator. "Miller must have understood that you don't change the horses in the middle of the race," Zycie quotes the source as saying. (Zycie, p. 12) A.Z.