Mr Kaczynski had delayed signing pending the Irish referendum result

Poland's President Lech Kaczynski will sign the EU's controversial
Lisbon Treaty on Sunday, a top aide has said.

The Polish parliament has already approved the treaty, and of the 27 EU
member states only Poland and the Czech Republic are yet to ratify Lisbon.

Mr Kaczynski, a Eurosceptic, had said he would wait for the Irish
voters' verdict before signing the treaty.

Ireland backed the treaty in a second referendum on 2 October. Lisbon is
aimed at streamlining EU institutions.

"The president keeps his word. He said he will sign the treaty with no
delays if the Irish say 'yes'. On Sunday he will sign the treaty,"
presidential aide Aleksander Szczyglo told Poland's TVN 24 channel.

Unlike Mr Kaczynski, Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his centre-right
government strongly support Lisbon.

EU leaders are anxious to get the treaty fully ratified this year - well
before UK elections next spring, which could see a triumph for
Conservative leader David Cameron. Many in his party oppose Lisbon and
are demanding a referendum on it.

EU governments see the treaty as fundamental to the 27-nation bloc's
future success. Without it, they argue, the EU's decision-making
processes will remain slow and cumbersome, because they date back to
when the EU consisted of only 15 nations.

Opponents see Lisbon as part of a federalist agenda that threatens
national sovereignty.

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