Condemnation for EU constitution. (Insider Report).

Poland's president, "former" Communist Aleksander Kwasniewski, "denounced the 'Godless' tone of the European constitution [on June 3rd], calling it shameful to highlight the pet ideologies of the Left but omit any mention of Europe's Christian heritage in the opening words," reported the London Daily Telegraph.

"I am an atheist and everybody knows it, but there are no excuses for making references to ancient Greece and Rome, and the Enlightenment, without making references to the Christian values which are so important to the development of Europe," insisted Kwasniewski in a Telegraph interview. The Polish leader had just finished a 45-day campaign in Poland "to drum up support for his country's referendum ... on Poland's membership in the European Union...." "The most significant feature of every city and town in Europe is either a cathedral or a church," noted Kwasniewski.

Note that Kwasniewski's supposed misgivings about the EU Constitution did not hinder his efforts to persuade his fellow Poles -- the overwhelming majority of whom are Roman Catholics -- to surrender their national sovereignty to the atheistic super-state. Note also that Poland's Communist Party, acting out of expediency, has long sought to co-opt that country's Catholic heritage. In any case, Kwasniewski's indictment of the EU Constitution -- even though it is almost certainly a cynical, calculated pose -- is revealing.

Kwasniewski's pro-EU campaign succeeded greatly; on the weekend of June 7th-8th, 77% of Polish voters who cast ballots said yes to joining the EU.