PSL invites all parties to potential coalition

Jarosław Kalinowski, the head of the Polish Peasants Party (PSL), has sent a letter to President Kwaśniewski, Sejm Speaker Marek Borowski and Senate Speaker Longin Pastusiak as well as to all heads of parliamentary clubs, appealing for a discussion on the possibility of forming a cross-party coalition government. "This is an alternative to the indistinct and stagnate government of Leszek Miller," said PSL's Marek Sawicki. The party claims that there cannot be a situation whereby the government, which still practically holds a parliamentary majority, does not take on serious and necessary decisions. Sawicki added that the letter was intended to stimulate discussion among all parties. PSL did not want to make the exact content of the letter public until all recipients had received it. (www.onet.pl) A.K. ... The Constitutional Tribunal yesterday upheld a law allowing parliament to ratify European Union entry if low turnout invalidates a June 7-8 referendum. The court threw out a challenge by euro-skeptic deputies, giving the pro-EU camp a second chance to ratify EU accession if turnout in the referendum falls short of the 50% minimum required. (Reuters)