Barroso calls for halt to EU enlargement until constitution is secure

EUROPEAN Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has called for a halt to further expansion of the European Union after Romania and Bulgaria join.

The two countries are expected to be told today that they can join the EU on January 1, 2007.

Mr Barroso said the bloc had to decide on what to do with its embattled constitution before it could accept any new members.