Three of Poland's four proposals included in new draft EU Constitution

Defense issues, the composition of the European Commission and the inclusion of a reference to Christianity, are three out of Poland's four main arguments that are included in the compromise version of the constitution prepared by the Italian government. "A lack of agreement on the constitution by the end of this year would be a catastrophe," said Guenter Verheugen in Brussels yesterday. The document will be presented to the foreign ministers all of EU Member States and candidate countries on Friday, during a meeting in Naples. Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, the Foreign Minister said that during this meeting the fourth and most important proposal, which is to maintain the current voting system in the EU Council, will not be agreed upon. "I would not be surprised if the most difficult issues to resolve were left until the final part of negotiations," he said, referring to a summit to be held in Brussels on December 12-13. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A8) A.K.