Poland will not "capitulate" over EU voting system

"We do not agree for any changes to the voting system," declared the president of the Commission Jose Manuel Barroso. He warned that the lack of agreement on the new EU treaty would be the largest failure of EU politicians of this generation and it would result in divisions and a return to nationalism. "We are ready for a compromise, but not for capitulation," responded Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński. He added that the Polish proposal is already a compromise as compared to the voting system agreed in Nice. Kaczyński will talk about the voting system with French President Nicolas Sarkozy who is to visit Poland on Thursday. Polish diplomats hope that France will support the Polish proposal to discuss the new voting system at the EU summit in Brussels. (Dziennik, p.3; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1; Rzeczpospolita, p. A8) E.B.