Poland talks to Germany and France about compromise over EU Constitution

Last week Foreign Minister Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz discussed this issue in Paris and today he will fly to Berlin where foreign ministers of the three countries will gather on Friday. According to Rzeczpospolita, a key issue for reaching a compromise would be accepting a new formula of voting in the EU Council by the three. One of the most serious versions envisages that Germany and France will agree for weighing votes, while Poland and Spain will take better account of demographic reality thus granting Germany and France a few votes more than at present. However, another option is increasing from three-fifth to two-thirds of EU inhabitants the criterion of taking decisions in the Council, which would make it easier for Poland and Spain to veto decisions. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A5) M.M.