Election of Buzek to head of the EU Parliament gives Poland's image a boost

Five weeks after the EU elections the new European Parliament will convene for the first time today. The daily Polska looks forward to the expected election of former Polish prime minister Jerzy Buzek to president of the EU Parliament: "Poland is rising to claim a position in Europe's champions league. The election of Jerzy Buzek to president of the European Parliament means that the Poles will belong to the elite group of those who have the final say on what happens in the Community. … During our first five years in the EU we were treated like one of the new member states. This was very apparent at the EU summit of the 27 states and also in the European Parliament. When two and a half years ago the Poles claimed the post of chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee for Jacek Saryusz-Wolski [a liberal Polish politician], everyone in Brussels was surprised. … The 14 July 2009 is now a date that marks an even greater turning point in Poland's EU history."

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