Napels' summit reveals growing support for Poland's stance on key EU issues

A compromise concerning the European Constitution and sustaining the Nice Treaty, which is advocated mainly by Poland and partially by Spain, is more likely after the Saturday summit in Napels. At the beginning of the meeting of 25 foreign ministers, Poland and Spain were isolated by other countries. By the time summit ended, they were joined by other states who also began to reject the French and German backed attempts to push through radical reforms in the European Convent. "Today we see an ideal balance," said Foreign Minister Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz. He added that he left Napels more optimistic than he went there. Italy, currently presiding over the EU, agreed to make the first debate concerning the Nice Treaty and the future EU Constitution. "The balance is tipping towards us," said Prime Minister Leszek Miller in Warsaw. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A7) M.M.