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Poland: Sarkozy to have no influence on missile shield talks

Poland: Sarkozy to have no influence on missile shield talks Warsaw - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Saturday that the establishment of the US missile shield in his country was solely of concern to Poland and the United States.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, would have no influence on the project, Tusk said in Warsaw, according to Polish news agency PAP.

He expected "no comments, no actions" for a third country on the issue of the missile shield. Even friendly countries should not interfere, Tusk said.

Polish unionists call for general strike in retirement bill protest

Poland Flag Warsaw - Union members in Warsaw left Prime Minister Donald Tusk's office on Friday morning after spending two nights in the building, threatening a general strike and saying it was "cowardly" to relocate the office.

Members of "August 80" - a more hard-line group than the Solidarity union - have been occupying Tusk's offices since Wednesday in protest over a bill that would slash early retirement. But they left the building on Friday morning after officials said Tusk's office had been temporarily relocated.

Sarkozy to meet Dalai Lama in Poland, EU treaty talks fall flat

Sarkozy to meet Dalai Lama in Poland, EU treaty talks fall flatParis/Warsaw - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet the Dalai Lama in Poland next month, but Poland's president will not be available for talks on the EU's stalled reform treaty, officials said Thursday.

Sarkozy, whose country holds the EU's six-month presidency until December 31, is to meet the Tibetan spiritual leader at a December 6 event celebrating 25 years since former Solidarity leader Lech Walesa received the Nobel Peace Prize, officials in Paris said.

Polish, French leaders fail to set EU treaty talks

Warsaw, PolandWarsaw - Polish President Lech Kaczynski is unable to meet French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy next month for talks on unblocking the European Union's reform treaty, an aide said Thursday.

Sarkozy, whose country holds the EU's six-month until December 31, has previously said he would meet Kaczynski on December 6 to discuss the Lisbon Treaty. But the Polish president's office said he will be visiting Asia.

Polish unionists spend night in Tusk's office in retirement row

Warsaw, PolandWarsaw - Some 30 union members in Warsaw continued to occupy Prime Minister Donald Tusk's office Thursday after a group spent the night in the building, demanding a meeting with Tusk - who is on a foreign visit - to discuss a bill that would slash early retirement.

Members of "August 80" - a more hard-line group than the Solidarity union - said they wouldn't leave until they got a meeting.

Polish premier: Eurozone entry called "ambitious, but realistic"

Polish premier: Eurozone entry called "ambitious, but realistic" Frankfurt - The European Central Bank called Poland's plan to enter the eurozone by 2012, "ambitious, but realistic," said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk after talks with the bank's leadership in Frankfurt, Germany on Wednesday.

Tusk said the recent world economic crisis has made the currency swap more difficult for Poland, but not impossible.

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