(WARSAW) - Poland hopes to convince the European Union to take a hard line on Russia's Russia military intervention in Georgia at a special summit on September 1, its prime minister said Monday.

"I spoke with (Germany's) Chancellor Merkel this morning to make the European position uniform, harder and categorical concerning Russia in the context of the crisis in the Caucasus," Premier Donald Tusk told reporters.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose country holds the EU presidency, called the summit for September 1 in Brussels.

Poland, which last week signed a missile defence deal with United States, amid veiled Russian threats, had pressed for a special EU summit on the crisis in Georgia.

"It seems that this Polish viewpoint we have been presenting from the beginning (...) is beginning to be current position in the European Union," Tusk said.

"I spoke with President Sarkozy a few days ago and he did not hide that Russia's behaviour is beginning to be irritating to a certain degree and will require the EU to make firm decisions," Tusk said.

He said he believed Russia had not respected the terms of a peace agreement brokered by Sarkozy between Russia and Georgia.

"At least on some points we have the impression Russia is flouting this agreement," Tusk said.

Poland is a strong supporter of Georgia being put on track for membership of NATO and the EU.

Tusk said he was not surprised by the Russian parliament's vote on Monday to recognise the independence of breakaway Georgian regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

"We expected this kind of development. This demonstrates that Russia is hardening its position," Tusk said.

The two regions are internationally recognised as part of Georgia, where Russian troops rolled in on August 8 to fight off a Georgian offensive to retake South Ossetia.

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