Kaczynski twins threaten Polish ratification of Lisbon Treaty

The Polish opposition, led by former Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, has threatened not to approve the EU's Lisbon Treaty in the country's parliament unless the ratification bill contains legal guarantees respecting Poland's sovereignty and its constitution as the highest law in the country, out of worries about gay marriage "being imposed" on the country.

According to Mr Kaczynski, who earned himself the reputation of a trouble-maker on European issues in the past, the bill should ...