Mediji širom kontinenta bili su već puni špekulacija o mogućim kandidatima za novu EU, kad je češki predsjednik Vaclav Klaus u taj proces zakočio proces dan prije nego što je njegov poljski kolega Lech Kaczynski 10. oktobra potpisao taj ugovor.
Media across the continent were already rife with speculation about possible candidates for the new EU, when Czech President Vaclav Klaus threw a spanner in the works a day before his Polish counterpart, Lech Kaczynski, signed the treaty on October 10th.