Polish Victory?

Dateline Brussels.

Polish politicians and analysts are celebrating EU solidarity after Berlin and Brussels took Warsaw's line at the EU-Russia summit on Friday. But, the meeting irked Russian president Vladimir Putin, damaging further the prospects of a new EU-Russia treaty.

This is a great success for Polish diplomacy, in terms of Russian relations. "We got what we wanted," according to the chairman of Poland's ruling Law and Justice party, Marek Kuchcinski. "Our critics should finally admit this."