Peasants' plan to head temporary government appears to fall on stony ground

The PSL has entered into talks with all the major opposition parties, viz. the Civic Platform (PO), Law and Justice, the League of Polish Families (LPR) and Samoobrona (Self-Defense). Although the head of the PSL's parliamentary club, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, revealed that "no one definitely said no," the leaders of the major opposition parties are not enthusiastic about the PSL's offer. Donald Tusk of the PO said his party would not support any government that involved the participation of Self-Defense or the LPR, while the LPR's Roman Giertych stated that his party would not talk about any government until new parliamentary elections had been called. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 5) E.B.