Dangerous refusal

Following Polish President Lech Kaczyński's announcement that he will not sign the EU Reform Treaty, journalist Adam Szostkiewic expresses concern about the possible damage to Poland's reputation on the blog of left-wing news magazine Polityka: "Now Kaczyński has destroyed the whole point of his meeting with other European politicians, and in particular [French President Nicolas] Sarkozy, to discuss the Lisbon treaty. Paris will not forget this. Nor will Berlin or Brussels. True, all attempts to revive Lisbon are probably in vain. But that does not mean that it no longer matters whether Kaczyński signs the treaty or not. It would be better if he did sign it. ... The populist tactics of [the conservative president and opposition party] the PiS are nothing new. The PiS has the same attitude toward Europe as the anti-European nationalist Right and the anti-European ideological Left. These forces want the Union to fail."

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