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The President of Poland has firmed up on his refusal to sign the Lisbon Treaty, but said he would do so if the Irish voted yes in a second referendum, as long as it was as fair as the first and the Irish government did not change the constitution in order to sidestep the Irish voters.

EUbusiness.com assess the reason why Lech Kaczynski has taken this stance is more to do with internal matters rather than an objection to the treaty. He is trying to force the government to agree to a change in the law so that EU-related decisions would be taken jointly by the government, the parliament and the president, a move which is being resisted by Prime Minister Donald Tusk.