Different versions on EU success

The Maltese President is back home following an official visit to Prague. Another version of the President's visit to the Czech republic which you did'nt read on the Maltese media. From Czech Happenings:

President Vaclav Klaus said today he does not consider the latest developments in the EU to be successful and that he feels "new dangers" ahead while his Malta counterpart Edward Fenech-Adami said the EU is successful and it will further progress with the European constitutional treaty. Fenech-Adami, who arrived for a there-day official visit yesterday, told journalists that his country will have no problem approving the EU constitutional treaty. Klaus said that opinions on the document differ in the Czech Republic which, he said, heralds a more complicated process. Fenech-Adami said he is convinced that the EU has been successful of late both in the economy and in the social field and that the living standards in the member countries are growing.

Klaus reacted saying he disagrees with the EU having registered economic successes. He said that some people only dream of the EU being stronger because its economic
growth is weaker and weaker every decade. Klaus, who is famous for his Euroscepticism and strong opposition to the constitutional treaty, said the EU has also been losing on the other continents. Fenech-Adami said that it is a pity that the EU does not yet have a single foreign policy. He said this could be changed if the post of foreign minister were introduced. Klaus criticised the EU Brussels headquarters for trying to centrally direct people's lives. That is why he is afraid for their freedom, he said.

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