Poland will hold a referendum on the European Union (EU) constitution on Sept. 25, President Aleksander Kwasniewski announced on Friday.

Kwasniewski made his remarks after meeting with leaders of leftist parties, adding that the participants agreed that the first round of presidential elections and the referendum will be held on the same day.

The EU constitution also dominated the agenda when Kwasniewski met with German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer at the presidential palace.

Kwasniewski said that if the Polish parliament votes on May 5 to dissolve itself ahead of schedule, the parliamentary elections will be held on June 19.

Both the presidential and parliamentary elections plus the referendum will all be held in the year. Parliamentary elections will be held ahead of schedule, because Poland's ruling Democratic Left Alliance lost its once huge majority in parliament following a string of corruption scandals.

Source: Xinhua