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Just days after the EU failed to agree on a new constitution for Europe, and a new row appears to be emerging - this time over money. Six of the EU's richest countries called this week for EU spending to be capped, something which would hit the 10 new members that join in May.

The government tender on fighter jets for the Czech Air Force, the future of the European Union following discord over the European Constitution and the situation on Czech roads in the wake of the first heavy snowfall - those are the main stories on today's front pages.

The European Commissioner for Enlargement, Guenter Verheugen, has said everyone in Europe should pay a visit to the former Nazi concentration camp at Terezin, north of Prague. Mr Verheugen, speaking during a visit to the camp, said the people of Europe must be reminded that peace and democracy cannot be taken for granted. More than 150,000 Jews from throughout Europe were interned at Terezin, known in German as Theresienstadt, before being transported to death camps such as Auschwitz. Today the camp, which also housed Czech political prisoners, is a museum.

The obvious story that gets the most attention in today's papers is the capture of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Large photos of the now run-down and scraggly former leader dominate the dailies without exception. "Saddam Hussein hunted down", "The end of Saddam" or "Saddam caught" read the headlines across the front pages.

In the end it could only be qualified as a serious set-back, not altogether unforeseen: failure at the EU Summit in Brussels for representatives from 15 member states and 10 acceding countries to reach a compromise over a final framework for the EU's new constitution. Czech Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla expressed his disappointment, saying Europe had missed an important opportunity.

The Czech prime minister, Vladimir Spidla, has expressed disappointment at the failure of a European Union summit to decide on a constitution. Speaking after talks collapsed in Brussels on Saturday, Mr Spidla said he hoped the outstanding issues would be settled in the near future. He also said he was not in favour of a two-speed EU with countries in favour of faster integration leaving other members behind. However, if such a two-speed Union does emerge, the Czech Republic should be among the more dynamic group, Prime Minister Spidla said.

Speaking to Radio Prague the Czech foreign minister, Cyril Svoboda, said that the Czech Republic's key demands as regards the constitution had not changed.

"The three main points are the commission, the qualified majority voting system and the weight of the votes. All the three problems are still on the table and it is up to all the delegations, up to all the states, to go very carefully through the three points."

Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla, Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda and other senior officials have returned to the Czech Republic after a summit to decide on a constitution for the European Union ended in failure. Talks broke down on Saturday after Spain and Poland refused to surrender voting rights they won at the Nice summit, three years ago.

A Czech official told the CTK news agency that the inter-governmental conference could continue in the New Year, when Ireland takes over the presidency of the EU. The Czech Republic and nine other mostly former communist countries are due to join the Union on May 1.

Meanwhile, the Chamber of Deputies on Friday passed a bill allowing Czech nurses, midwives and other health workers to work in the European Union. The bill, which has to be approved by the Senate and signed by the president, also allows for health workers from other EU states to work in the Czech Republic.

The Czech prime minister, Vladimir Spidla, is in Brussels for a summit to decide the shape of the European Union's first constitution. Among the issues to be discussed are voting powers, the number of commissioners and national vetoes on foreign, defence and taxation policy. The Czech Republic is one of ten, mostly ex-communist countries set to join the EU next May, in what will be the biggest enlargement in the Union's history.