Mr Kwasniewski has been a temperate, even-handed president, rising skilfully above the squabbling of party politics.
Last summer Pope John Paul invited Mr Kwasniewski along for a ride in his popemobile.
Poland's europhile President, Aleksander Kwasniewski, also opposes the moves and could wield his veto.
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Kwasniewski, as an Eastern European, understands the mysterious Slavic soul probably better than Rice and Gordon Brown.
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But if no new prime minister has been found, Mr Kwasniewski may have to represent his country alone.
Indeed, Mr Kwasniewski may be forgiven for sometimes thinking how much more agreeable it is abroad than at home.
Newly rich Poles are also bidding for horses, and Janow's auction is often attended by Aleksander Kwasniewski, the Polish president.
In fact, Mr Kwasniewski was soon sharing vodka and blue jokes with legendary dissidents such as Adam Michnik and Jacek Kuron.
"Thanks to the makeup of the new parliament, the debate on Poland's place in Europe will be more controversial, " Mr Kwasniewski said.
The Pope also met President Aleksander Kwasniewski and Prime Minister Leszek Miller.
One document claims that Mr Kulczyk boasted of his ability to deliver the refinery to the Russians because of his closeness to Poland's president, Aleksander Kwasniewski.
When President Aleksander Kwasniewski and Prime Minister Leszek Miller had audiences with Pope John Paul during his visit, it's unlikely they confined the conversation to religious topics.
"We have stressed we believe that Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, and Ukraine, and Moldova at some later date, each have their place in the EU structures, " President Aleksander Kwasniewski told Polish journalists.
Poland's president, Aleksander Kwasniewski, has also joined the dissent.
Platform is the brainchild of Andrzej Olechowski, a former foreign minister who ran a good second, without any party support, to the incumbent Social Democrat, Aleksander Kwasniewski, in last year's presidential election.
President Aleksander Kwasniewski's nominee, Marek Belka, a former finance minister who was until recently an economic adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, may well lose his first (and more taxing) confidence vote next week.
But parliament will probably not agree on an alternative, leaving the way clear for Mr Kwasniewski to nominate Mr Belka a second time, and with a better chance of winning a second, less stringent, confidence vote.
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