PSL leadership questions its future presence in the coalition

The Polish Peasants Party (PSL) governing council decided to reject the president's veto on the biofuels bill. Furthermore, it also demanded the approval of the agriculture bill and the bill guaranteeing farmers direct subsidies before the EU referendum. On Saturday the PSL was to evaluate the accession treaty, however this subject was put aside as the meeting was dominated by another issue, namely as to whether the party should remain with the coalition or to leave it; how persistently to fight for its proposals and what to do about the deteriorating state of the economy and the countryside. Behind closed doors, tension grew rapidly with critical comments falling upon the government and the coalition. The tone of the meeting was set early on when Eugeniusz Klopotek, PSL's vice chairman warned that there is a line, "In the coalition with SLD that should not be crossed". He suggested that if PSL's primary proposals on the biofuels bill, subsidies and agriculture were not accepted, it should leave the coalition. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) A.C.