Waszczykowski declines MEP mandate

Poland's Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski has declined a Member of European Parliament's mandate after the seat became available followong former MEP Janusz Wojciechowski taking on a position at the European Court of Auditors in May. "Only [in Poland] can I pursue Law and Justice's agenda as foreign affairs minister," Witold Waszczykowski told journalists on Thursday. Witold Waszczykowski was next in line for the MEP seat; he was runner-up to Wojciechowski in the electoral district of Łódź in the last European ballot. Next, the mandate is transferred to Urszula Krupa, who has already been a member of the European Parliament in 2004.