Czech President compares EU to Communist Soviet Union
Submitted by aVoiceof Reason. on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 12:46
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_re_eu/eu_eu_czech_...
BRUSSELS – The European Union has turned into an undemocratic and elitist project comparable to the Communist dictatorships of eastern Europe that forbade alternative thinking, Czech President Vaclav Klaus told the European Parliament on Thursday.
Klaus, whose country now holds the rotating EU presidency, set out a scathing attack on the EU project and its institutions, provoking boos from many lawmakers, some of whom walked out, but applause from nationalists and other anti-EU legislators.
Klaus is known for deep skepticism of the EU and has refused to fly the EU flag over his official seat in Prague during the Czech presidency, saying the country is not an EU province.
He said current EU practices smacked of communist times when the Soviet Union controlled much of eastern Europe, including the Czech Republic and when dissent or even discussions were not tolerated.
"Not so long ago, in our part of Europe we lived in a political system that permitted no alternatives and therefore also no parliamentary opposition," said Klaus. "We learned the bitter lesson that with no opposition, there is no freedom."
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good comparison
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for my future Czech in-laws.
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Nowhere in his transcript you can read something like "The European Union has turned into an undemocratic and elitist project comparable to the Communist dictatorships of eastern Europe". The whole speech is very respectful to the audience and confirms the Czechs loyalty to the EU. I just wonder which part of the speech made some represantatives walk out and the chairman of the EU parliament to scold Klaus like a little misbehaving schoolboy. The reaction of the audience and the press looks orchestrated to make Klaus look like a radical nutcase.
They are scared.
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"If you wish to ignore our civilisation's thousand-year long traditions, its Christian values, the emphasis on traditional family and respect for every living human being, do not vote for me since I respect these values."
Transcript:http://www.klaus.
Transcript:
http://www.klaus.cz/klaus2/asp/clanek.asp?id=88EY96UW9zlp
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Many of you certainly know the name of the French economist Frederic Bastiat and his famous Petition of the Candlemakers, which has become a well-known and canonical reading, illustrating the absurdity of political interventions in the economy. On 14 November 2008 the European Commission approved a real, not a fictitious Bastiat’s Petition of the Candlemakers, and imposed a 66% tariff on candles imported from China. I would have never believed that a 160-year-old essay could become a reality, but it has happened. An inevitable effect of the extensive implementation of such measures in Europe is economic slowdown, if not a complete halt of economic growth.
awesome, thank you.
awesome, thank you.
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I f**kin love Klaus! root those bastards out!
Dobrě!!
I have told more than one person in the past year that we would live in more freedom in the Czech Republic and Slovakia than in the USA or Canada right now.
Some of my roots are in Slovakia and a son is a student in CZ and we now have "family" in Moravia, the eastern portion of CZ. No one has forgotten the years of occupation.
Refreshing.
Actually someone with a spine.
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I knew I liked him. Hope he lights the fires of liberty in Europe before he gets assassinated
Wow, these people
know what Communism is and what is happening. I think they are more likely to fight than Americans because Americans never had it hard. But we will have a RUDE AWAKENING soon. Ugh!
He's a
dead man.
Vaclav Klaus !
I knew he would make a great and powerful statement to the European Parliament!! I have seen several interviews and speeches by him on videos and am always impressed with him!
If a video comes up of this particular speech please post it here!
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A czech soundbite of Klaus's speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFYJZPLmS-U
LOL - look at the misbehavior of the elitist parliamentarians. The funny thing is that they confirm Klaus's thesis by denying it this way: no dissent is allowed in the EUSSR.
I'm sure there will be a video online with English subtitles soon.
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And to think... I used to just like Czechs for their great beer!
this is awesome...BIG OL' BUMP!!
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