Poland is ready to work on the text of the future EU constitution – said Poland’s president Lech Kaczynski during an informal meeting of the presidents of eight EU countries in the Latvian capital Riga.

At the same time Polish President Lech Kaczynski remarked that the text needs some changes.

Presidents from Austria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Poland and Portugal took part in an informal summit in Riga hosted by Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga.

It was the fourth time that the leaders of the eight countries have gathered to debate topics of European importance.

The talks focused the future of the enlarged European Union and challenges connected with it. In the first debating session the presidents discussed the future of the EU's stalled Constitutional Treaty, EU integration and European competitiveness in a globalized world.


Speaking at a press conference in Riga, President Kaczynski also said that Ukraine could aspire to EU membership in 10 years.

He reiterated that Poland supports the EU and NATO bid of Ukraine, which is now in the middle of an internal political crisis.