President and Foreign Minister defend stance on EU

The letter was strongly criticized by numerous politicians who recognized it as an attempt to question Poland's stand on the issue of the EU Constitution. "In this debate, and that also concerning the issue of Nice, the whole point is the vision of a common Europe, in that whether the voice of the EU will be a truly joint and united one, or only of two or three large countries," said Kwaśniewski, defending Poland's position. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 4) A.K.