President: EU integration should have strict limits

President Vaclav Klaus has called for an alternative European constitution that would severely limit the bloc's evolution toward closer integration. In Monday's edition of Mlada fronta Dnes, Mr Klaus says the new document should be different from the one rejected in referendums in France and the Netherlands. Mr Klaus's comments come only days before a scheduled visit to Prague by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who warned last week of a "historic failure" if the EU did not overcome the current constitutional impasse by 2009.