Poland in the EU

The Polish media are all following the Buzek - Mauro race. Latest gossip has it that the French are now supporting Buzek and have told Berlusconi. This would of course be a key piece of news: three of the four largest national groups in the EPP (Germans, French and Poles) would be for Buzek. But let's wait until they state this in public.

Some talk of the Italians getting the future head of EU diplomacy for Franco Frattini in exchange for giving up on Mauro. But I doubt that deal will come to be. First of all, seems like too good of a deal for the Italians. Second, why exactly would all the others think that Frattini is the most deserving candidate? What about Carl Bildt for example? One thing is sure: a Pole would never get that job (Russia!), so the same deal the other way around is out of the question.

Everybody else is of course following Barroso's nomination saga. I have just one thought on that one. When he is finally nominated Barroso might really hate the French, and perhaps the Germans as well, for dragging out the process, causing him sleepless nights for weeks, making him write electoral manifestos during the night with half of the Commission staff etc. Wonder how that will influence his next term, when he will NOT be seeking reelection.