Senators challenge law which leaves them out of EU legislative procedures

The senators claim that Sejm deputies are discriminating against them. The greatest controversy is centered around one paragraph in the law, which states that in cases concerning the government's stand on bills discussed in the EU Council, it will ask for the Sejm's opinion, but did not mention the Senate at all. "This is in opposition to the Constitution concerning the legislative equality of Sejm and the Senate," said Senator Zbigniew Romaszewski. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) A.F.