Schroeder backs EU constitution
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder today said he stood “without ifs and buts” behind the EU constitution.
He argued other countries should press ahead with ratifying the charter.
A gathering of European Union leaders today in Brussels “can give advice, but it cannot break off the ratification processes or rule in what form, in what time frames they should take place,” Schroeder told the German parliament.
Schroeder said there was “no real justification” for British rebate from the EU budget.
