Many familiar names among the list of Polish Euro MP's
The State Electoral Committee (PKW) has announced that the following candidates in the EU elections will represent Poland in the European Parliament: Civic Platform (PO): Jerzy Buzek (an ex prime minister), Zdzisław Chmielewski, Małgorzata Handzlik, Stanisław Jałowiecki, Filip Kaczmarek, Bogdan Klich, Barbara Kudrycka, Janusz Lewandowski (an ex privatization minister), Jan Olbrycht, Paweł Piskorski (the previous mayor of Warsaw), Jacek Protasiewicz, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (who was a chief negotiator with regards Poland's entry to the EU), Bogusław Sonik, Zbigniew Zaleski, Tadeusz Zwiefka; The League of Polish Families (LPR): Filip Adwent, Sylwester Chruszcz, Maciej Giertych, Dariusz Grabowski, Urszula Krupa, Bogdan Pęk, Mirosław Piotrowski, Bogusław Rogalski, Witold Tomczak, Wojciech Wierzejski. Law and Justice (PiS): Adam Bielan, Anna Fotyga, Mieczysław Janowski, Michał Kamiński, Marcin Libicki, Wojciech Roszkowski, Konrad Szymański; Self Defense Marek Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, Bogdan Golik, Wiesław Kuc, Jan Masiel, Leopold Rutowicz; Democratic Left Aliance-Labor Union (SLD-UP): Lidia Geringer d'Oedenberg, Adam Gierek, (the son of the 1970’s communist leader Edward Gierek), Bogusław Liberadzki, Marek Siwiec, Andrzej Szejna; Polish Peasants' Party (PSL): Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Zdzisław Podkański, Czesław Siekierski, Janusz Wojciechowski. Freedom Union (UW): Bronisław Geremek, Jan Kułakowski, Janusz Onyszkiewicz (an ex minister of defense), Grażyna Staniszewska. Polish Social Democracy (SDPL): Genowefa Grabowska, Józef Pinior, Dariusz Rosati. For full biographic information on the deputies see today’s Rzeczpospolita. (Rzeczpospolita, p A4) E.B.
