Poland's euro-scepticism threatens to throw a spanner in EU works

Marta Kotlarz, an ambitious young law graduate who returned to Poland this year to launch her career after working in England, was enjoying the sunshine in the smart Baltic seaside town of Sopot among crowds of well-dressed holidaymakers. The town's cafes and fashionable sushi restaurants were crowded with Poland's new middle class. With the economy growing at five or six per cent per cent annually they can afford to dine out in style. The holiday crowd are the people who have done well out of membership of the EU and there is huge support for Europe at Sopot's tables. Yet as they discussed their Euro-sceptic president's announcement this week that after the Lisbon Treaty's rejection by Irish voters there was 'no point' him signing it, there were also real doubts about Poland's future relationship with Europe. "We like the... [read full story]