Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic and a staunch opponent of the proposed E.U. constitution, was in the U.S. last week peddling his book
On the Road to Democracy: The Czech Republic from Communism to Free Society
. Before meeting with President George W. Bush at the White House, he stopped by TIME's Washington bureau for a chat.
YOU HAVE SUSPICIONS ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF A STRONGER EUROPEAN UNION. WHAT WORRIES YOU?
Suspicion is an understatement. For me, the developments in the E.U. are really dangerous with regard to moving out of a free society and...