A request by conservative President Lech Kaczynski for a referendum on public health service reform has been rejected by the Senate in Poland.

Controlling a 59-seat majority in the 100-seat upper house of parliament, senators from Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s governing Civic Platform (PO) liberals justified their refusal saying Kaczynski wanted to use the referendum to spark fear among voters about the future of Poland’s public health service.

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Chocolate-makers have started to experiment by introducing weird flavours such as cauliflower and recipes that pander to health concerns to keep the plain chocolate bar on everybody’s must-eat list.

“It may be doom and gloom for everybody else, but for us all is well,” said Gilles Marchal of luxury French chocolate-maker La Maison du Chocolate, speaking as the annual Paris chocolate show opened Wednesday.

“Chocolate is a comfort-food,” he added. “There has been no drop in…