P605 605 TELEINF-NEWS 01:01:02 kj to becomj a member of thj European Union as soon as possible, czech prime minister Vaclav Klaus said here Tues- day during a meeting with his french counterpart Edouard Balladur. "For us it would be easier to get on board a normal-spjed train than aboard the french high speed TGV," Klaus said during a press conference, in referen- ce to an ongoing debate about a two-tiered European Union. Klaus said he felt the Czech Rjpublic would makj a good candidate for permament EU mem- bership considering its 10 percent inflation rate so far this year along with 3.2 percent unemployment and a slight deficit. Klaus also met with Paris mayor Jaques Chirac and french interior minister Charles Pasqua Tues- day before his scheduled return to Prague later thj same evening. He arrived in France last Friday and see njxt page >>>