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
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.
country goal priorities
Common foreign policy is completely unnecessary. The various European countries have widely differing priorities, goals and prejudices. It would be wrong to force them all to follow the same course.
europe two goal
The development of European integration can be divided into two phases. The first era ended with the Maastricht Treaty. It was a liberalization phase, with the main goal of European integration at the time being the removal of various barriers and borders in Europe. The second phase is a homogenization or standardization phase, one that involves regulation from the top and growing control over our lives. This no longer has anything to do with freedom and democracy.
awful
It's an awful thing and I take it very seriously,
board created property selling state temporary
This week, we created a Board for the Temporary Administration of State Property that will look into selling government-owned assets.
although broad colleagues consensus faster issues move needs share
I share with my colleagues a broad consensus on what needs to be done, although there are issues where I want to move faster than they.
against farce leftists playing political
a political farce which the leftists are playing against the right.
allow government quite
Nonsense. I would like to say, quite formally and clearly, that my government would never allow something like this.
civic expect forum june parliament visible
But the Civic Forum has put me in a very visible position, and I expect that I will be in the parliament after the June elections.
cannot consensus czech delicate history
it is such a delicate part of Czech history that it cannot be done without consensus on it in the Czech Republic.
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.
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,
agreed became board broad cultural editorial issues literary major served
We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.