PSL split over potential merger with Religa's party

According to Rzeczpospolita, the talks on creating a new party have been going on for some time. However, PSL politicians are split as to whether such a step makes sense. Some of them see it as a chance to find gain supporters for the party. Moreover, they believe that appointing Religa a common candidate in the next year presidential election would help to avoid a conflict in the PSL between the supporters of Janusz Wojciechowski and Józef Zych, both of whom consider running for the post. Nevertheless, most PSL members are reluctant to change the name of the party into PSL Centrum. Professor Religa is positively inclined to work with the PSL, "Our aim is to create a party modeled on the European People's Party, which in Poland cannot be done without the PSL," he said. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) E.B.