SPIEGELONLINE INTERNATIONAL: Poland's right wing is consolidating, and may end up threatening the newly-minted EU treaty. Two extremist politicians on Monday joined forces amid pledges to put the breaks on Polish integration into the EU.
Thought the worst was over in Poland for the revised European Union treaty? Not if two small, but radical members of Warsaw's coalition government have their way.
On Monday, Andrzej Lepper of the Self-Defense Party and Roman Giertych of the nationalist-Catholic League of Polish Families said they would form a single party and campaign together in the next election on an anti-European and anti-reform platform.
The new party will be called Liga I Samoobrona, or League and Self-Defense (LiS), Giertych said on Monday. Though Lepper said his party would remain part of the current government, the move still opens up the possibility for early elections down the road. New Party Wants to Axe EU Deal (more)
Mark Alexander
