EU treaty may be delayed

Poland's president yesterday threatened to delay talks on a new European Union treaty at a summit where EU leaders hope to finalize the charter to reform the bloc's institutions.

"We don't want anything more than is our right," President Lech Kaczynski told Polish radio before leaving for the summit.

Asked what would happen if Polish demands were not met, Kaczynski replied: "We will have to delay the discussion".

(China Daily 10/19/2007 page12)