Poland-EU border controls to end at Christmas

Rzeczpospolita has leant the ten new members of the EU will enter the Schengen zone on 21 or 22 December. "We want the citizens of the EU to receive a Christmas gift," said a diplomat from Portugal, which is currently presiding over the EU. According to the information of Rzeczpospolita, Poland is ready to enter the zone and the last inspection assessing the state of preparations visited Poland last week and concluded that all the problems had been solved. "EU officials were surprised to see a modern computer system on the Eastern borders of Poland," said a diplomat. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A8) M.M.