Rokita attacks Kwaśniewski's appeal for compromise

He appealed for a compromise and distanced himself from the infamous e xpression "Nice or death" made by the Civic Platform (PO) leader Jan Rokita. "It is impossible to blame the failure to reach a compromise on one pa rticular country. There were many unsatisfied countries in Brussels," said Kwaśniewski. He added that Poland needs to come up with a "more mature" stand over the EU Constitution, a statement which was immediately criticized by the opposition. "The president's statement was the only thing related to the Brussels summit which awoke my fears. The stand of the Sejm, the g overnment and public opinion is by all means mature," said Rokita. Law and Justice (PiS) leader Lech Kaczyński, said that Kwaśniewski may want Poland to make concessions. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A7) A.Z.