Klaus is hindering European integration

According to the business paper Világgazdaság, the tug-of-war over the Czech ratification of the Lisbon Treaty is having a negative impact on European integration: "Does Václav Klaus want to go down in history as the man who 'succeeded in' halting European integration? Many things point to this: in numerous blogs he is already being touted as 'the only European statesman who refuses to give in like the others' and is 'determined to defend his own people '. This behaviour runs the risk of providing a pattern for blind nationalism. … Or does Klaus simply want to lead his people out of the EU? … Particularly worrying is that in theory he could actually accomplish this. The coming weeks promise to be trying for the EU."

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