SLD and PSL government would not delay EU membership negotiations

This autumn's Parliamentary elections will not affect EU membership preparations, as Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and Polish Peasants Party (PSL) agreed not to change the government's negotiations position should they win, according to Jan Truszczynski, Polish ambassador to the European Union (EU). Truszczynski, who becomes head of the President's EU integration team in February, said the new Parliament will continue the process of adapting Polish law to European standards, so the election will cause only 'a few weeks'' delay. (Rzeczpospolita, p.B2) M.K.