jv: Maybe he does not want to be remembered by the annals of history to be the One who went against the tide and killed the treaty. On the other hand, he might.
Did you see the article on Klaus that the New York Times did on Tuesday: "A Fiery Czech Is Poised to Be the Face of Europe"? Made him sound rather headstrong and ... passionate. Do you find the article to be fair? Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.
I always remember one sentence from an answer he gave when he was giving a talk at some university. "Those.. HUMANISTS, they don't think in derivations"