Negotiations timetable still on schedule after closing most difficult chapter

Poland and the European Union completed the chapter on taxation and on the free flow of capital and sale of land to foreigners yesterday, as was expected. "It's a breakthrough. This chapter, for psychological and political reasons was the most difficult ever discussed," said EU Enlargement Commissioner Guenther Verheugen. The Union sees this success as moving membership negotiations into the final stage. "The Union has made a great effort to meet Polish requests....I am sure Poland will fulfill the promises it made by completing negotiations in this field," said Verhuegen. "We can say that pragmatism and realism have defeated emotionalism," commented Prime Minister Leszek Miller, underlining the fact that Poland is keeping to the negotiation timetable with unbreakable consistency. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A2, A4, B1) M.K.