Polish president calls for brand new EU constitution

The European Union should draft a brand new constitution, because the one currently on the table pushes for more integration than the bloc's citizens are willing to accept, Polish president Lech Kaczynski has said.

"That constitution created a certain hybrid, which was not a European superstate yet, but was not that far from it," he told Polish press agency PAP.

Mr Kaczynski added that the new treaty should "reflect the EU's real needs. And the European reality is a reality of states, mostly national states."

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"Today, the European identity manifests itself in opposition to something, for example opposition to the United States, and building a common identity on such a basis of antagonisms is the worst path for a united Europe," he said.

[fonte: EU Observer]