It's in the freezer!

Prime Minister Göran Persson has announced from Brussels that Sweden is not going to ratify the EU-constitution this autumn as planned. It is extremely unlikely to be ratified before the September 2006 elections. But it's not consigned to the thrash-can just yet.

Göran Persson would still like to ratify it sometime in the future. He said about the EU-leaders:

"Most of us are agreed that the Constitutional Treaty is something we want to stand for."

Well, they could always start by reading it. But for the moment, the Constitution is in the freezer.