The Polish lower house voted to put off a decision on whether to ratify the EU constitution by referendum or parliament on Tuesday (5 July), booting the charter off the agenda until after the September general elections at the earliest.
One hundred and eighty nine members opted to freeze the ratification process against 180 in a narrow vote, with the winning camp mostly made up of rightist parties such as Civic Platform (PO) and Law and Justice (PiS), while the losers came predominantly...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.