Leszek Miller visits EU heads to garner support

Government spokesman Michal Tober has announced details of Prime Minister Leszek Miller's plans to continue his European tour to meet with EU heads of state and persuade them to back Poland's financial terms for the bloc's enlargement. Last week Miller presented the country's stand concerning this issue to the head of the Danish government and to British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Next Wednesday he plans to visit Madrid where he has an appointment with the head of the Spanish government, Jose Maria Aznar. The following day he will meet with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Rome, and is also expected to attend an audience with Pope John Paul II. On Friday morning Miller will fly to Stockholm for a meeting with the head of the Swedish government, Goeran Persson. Miller's trans-European tour has prompted warnings from EU officials close to the talks. "If only nine (countries) are ready then only nine will be considered," warned Denmark's European Affairs Minister Bertel Haarder. (Zycie, p. 3, Reuters) A.K.