Talks on EU Constitution

Reinfeldt expressed his support for the Germans’ efforts to come up with a draft that all 27 EU countries can accept, after voters in the Netherlands and France rejected the proposed constitution in 2005.

After the meeting he said Sweden’s views were heard, and the meeting was part of efforts to get Sweden to play a more constructive role in EU affairs. Germany has held the rotating European Presidency since the beginning of the year and is keen to come up with a new proposal before its six month term comes to an end at the end of June.

Following Thursday’s talks, Angela Merkel said if all countries were like Sweden the job would be easy.