Vaclav Klaus
Vaclav Klaus
Václav Klausis a Czech economist and politician who served as the second President of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013. He also served as the second and last Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, federal subject of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, from July 1992 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in January 1993, and as the first Prime Minister of an independent Czech Republic from 1993 to 1998...
NationalityCzechoslovakian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 June 1941
establish market
What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to plan its outcome.
absolutely almost convinced cyclical global history man natural phenomenon result role warming
I'm absolutely convinced that the very small global warming we are experiencing is the result of natural causes. It's a cyclical phenomenon in the history of the Earth. The role of man is very small, almost negligible.
consider czech freedom good treaty
I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic.
agree cannot compete footing forms ownership state types
Privatization of the state-owned economy is not yet on the agenda. We cannot do it immediately; my colleagues would not agree to it. But we must put all forms of ownership on an equal footing immediately and let different types of ownership compete with the state firms.
communism economic emphasis freedom individual liberties lived lives looking toward western
Those of us who lived under communism for most of our lives were looking toward the Western world because of its values, emphasis on democracy, individual liberties and freedom, and economic prosperity.
against farce leftists playing political
a political farce which the leftists are playing against the right.
believes hospitals means work
By no means can the hospitals work the way they used to work. If someone believes that they can, I think he or she is very wrong,
almost czech economic entry eu european historical necessary process side sufficient
For the Czech Republic, EU entry was necessary for historical and geographical reasons. But I would almost say that to be a part of the economic side of European integration process is sufficient for Iceland,
benefits connected costs eu gives
In my opinion, this gives Icelanders all the benefits ensuing from it, but they have no costs connected with EU membership,
attacking control economic giving government lectures regime
I had been in Austria that day, giving lectures attacking government economic policy. You see, the regime already could not control its critics.
men new-horizons weapons
Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if not a religion. Its main weapon is raising the alarm and predicting the human life endangering climate change based on man-made global warming.
past europe czech-republic
Czech Republic is an important part of central Europe. It's clear that we must participate in European integration. I am convinced that the Czech Republic - or, in the past, Czechoslovakia - would have been one of the founding members of the EU if it hadn't been for the communist takeover in 1948.
climate temperature global-warming
The climate change debate is basically not about science; it is about ideology. It is not about global temperature; it is about the concept of human society. It is not about nature or scientific ecology; it is about environmentalism, about one - recently born - dirigistic and collectivistic ideology, which goes against freedom and free markets.
party people goal
People like me who were engaging in brinkmanship with the party economic bosses and the open dissidents who were being arrested were pursuing a common goal in different ways.