Two new Deputy Prime Ministers, Lepper and Giertych

Even on Thursday nobody expected such a u-turn on the political scene. On Friday it was announced that Lepper and two of his ministers would receive government nominations. Meanwhile, an unexpected meeting was held between Giertych and the PM. Giertych's visit was a breakthrough in creating a majority coalition. Up until Friday, Law and Justice (PiS) had only been able to come to an agreement with Self-Defense and the break-away faction of LPR. Officially, PiS did not want to talk to LPR as they blamed the party for the collapse of the stabilization pact. In reality though, secret talks had been going on between PiS leaders and Giertych for several days. (Rzeczpospolita 8 May, p. A1) S.D.