Poland in the EU

The former Polish opposition leader, Nobel prize winner and president Lech Wałęsa plans to participate in more Libertas rallies.

He told Polish media he will speak at a Libertas campaign meeting in Madrid on Thursday, and then perhaps others. Why? Because he has been hotly criticized in Poland for his first appearance in Rome. "I have been kicked around, accused of selling out so I am extending this operation, we will fight", he said.

I have already shared with you my opinion on the issue here. Now I can only add that this is Wałęsa true to form: nobody, but nobody will tell him what he can or cannot do.

But I do have to agree with him that some of the criticism went too far, like the Polish minister of foreign affairs Radosław Sikorski saying Wałęsa is doing this for the money, because the pension of former presidents is too low in Poland. Really Mr. Sikorski, I think the list of those willing to pay our great historic figure for speaking is long.

Just to keep you updated there is another intersting twist to this story. Mr. Wałęsa's son Jarosław, currently a national MP, is running for the European Parliament. No, not from Libertas, from the governing Civic Platform.