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Vaclav Klaus
Information about this person was last updated on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
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[-pointed out]: This pact is based on the assumption that people are unwise and that somebody in Brussels is wiser than they are. This is not true,
praguemonitor 02-FEB-12
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[-said]: a totally irrelevant issue.
praguemonitor 02-FEB-12
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[-said]: I fully agree with Necas's attitude. I do not think that he has joined Britain,
praguemonitor 01-FEB-12
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[-said]: to remind some of our great academics that the discussion does not concern private schools but public ones. If private universities were in question, where students pay tuition fees, then may the academics have the right to decide according to their consideration. However, their campaign is a false game of academic freedom,
praguemonitor 25-JAN-12
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[-said]: They cannot struggle against [the introduction of] tuition fees and, at the same time, be seeking maximal academic freedom and the right to fully decide on universities. If the universities long for a total independence from the state, they should naturally also seek independence from taxpayers' money,
praguemonitor 25-JAN-12
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[-told]: The prime minister is generally empowered by me to sign treaties of this type, but this signature is not the same as the [treaty´s] ratification,
ceskenoviny 20-JAN-12
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[-added]: I think everybody knows that I´m the last to stand up to strict budgetary discipline. I only consider it unnecessary for someone to impose it on us or on anyone else from outside,
ceskenoviny 20-JAN-12
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[-told]: I´m convinced that the government should not hide its opinion and that it should decide by itself. We are no Switzerland that holds referendums on all thinkable issues,
ceskenoviny 20-JAN-12
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[-told]: I am glad that, with the appointment, Benedict XVI has made it quite clear whom he wants to have by his side in the highest church hierarchy at a difficult time in a contradictory world,
PraguePost 19-JAN-12
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[-said]: In my opinion, a fiscal union means a radical liquidation of the European countries´ sovereignty. This cannot be accepted,
ceskenoviny 14-JAN-12
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[-said]: I think that a referendum (in the Czech Republic) is not necessary. I would wish very much that politicians took responsibility in their hands and decided about this matter on their own,
ceskenoviny 14-JAN-12
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[-noted]: I do not think high of rating agencies. I have not managed to study the reasons for the decline in Austria´s rating. I would not like to assess it radically,
ceskenoviny 14-JAN-12
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[-said]: first, it was over the (government's) possible failure to return property to churches, second, over the failure to sign the European treaty. It is not simply possible to do politics this way. I believe that it is necessary to eventually tell this clearly to TOP 09 and particularly to Mr Schwarzenberg,
praguemonitor 13-JAN-12
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[-said]: In my capacity as president of the republic I cannot reconcile myself to that one political party threatens twice in one and a half days with leaving the government coalition,
ceskenoviny 12-JAN-12
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[-said]: first, it was over the (government´s) possible failure to return property to churches, second, over the failure to sign the European treaty. It is not simply possible to do politics this way. I believe that it is necessary to eventually tell this clearly to TOP 09 and particularly to Mr Schwarzenberg,
ceskenoviny 12-JAN-12
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[-said]: I am glad that with the appointment, Benedict XVI has made it quite clear whom he wants to have by his side in the highest church hierarchy at the difficult moment of the contradictory world,
ceskenoviny 06-JAN-12
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[-said]: We have not created too many growth impulses at home and the consequences of the outer unrest, particularly the debt crisis and the weak growth in Europe were bigger than we thought. The coping with the huge debts of certain European states continues to be pushed away to the distant future,
praguemonitor 02-JAN-12
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[-said]: Not only in Europe, but also in this country is it accepted as a matter of course that people's demands rise without any connection with the development of the economy and irrespective of whether we have means for these pay and welfare demands,
praguemonitor 02-JAN-12
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[-said]: I would be glad if I were mistaken in this rather pessimistic estimate just as I was mistaken in my optimistic estimate last year. The 12th year of the 21st century will not probably be among the easiest,
praguemonitor 02-JAN-12
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[-said]: unrealistic expectations connected with the entry into the European Union [in 2004] and the promised contribution that this entry - in itself - was to have for us,
praguemonitor 02-JAN-12
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[-said]: This is the only possibility for the year 2012 to be a good and successful year for each of us and for the whole Czech Republic in spite of all risks and possible difficulties,
praguemonitor 02-JAN-12
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[-said]: For prestigious political reasons we are mutually blocking even such things of which all know that must be done. We are unable to find political leaders. We impede anyone who does not square with others rather than support him/her,
praguemonitor 02-JAN-12
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[-said]: the biggest size in the whole post-November developments that have continued for 22 years already,
praguemonitor 02-JAN-12
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[-asked]: ten years ago it stood at 345 billion crowns, now it is more than four times as high. Do we realise this at all?
praguemonitor 02-JAN-12
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[-said]: Even though people do not like to hear this, politicians must persuade them of the necessity to abandon this comfortable, but destructive type of thinking as quickly as possible. This is the basis from which all things develop,
praguemonitor 02-JAN-12
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[-said]: Unless we want to live and see really painful consequences, we must carry out these changes as quickly as possible. Our state debt confirms this clearly,
praguemonitor 02-JAN-12
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[-said]: I would be very glad if this were not so this year,
ceskenoviny 02-JAN-12
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[-said]: Please do not let us succumb to panic,
ceskenoviny 02-JAN-12
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[-said]: I will also appeal to the (government) coalition to be loyal to the government. I think that the government also needs it very strongly,
ceskenoviny 02-JAN-12
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[-said]: Out of prestigious political reasons we are mutually blocking even such things of which all know that must be done. We are unable to find political leaders. We impede anyone who does not square with others rather than support him/her,
ceskenoviny 01-JAN-12
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[said:]: I wish that all who are not indifferent to the future of our country pursue their opinions with the same courage and conviction as Vaclav Havel did.
ibtimes 23-DEC-11
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[ said]: I wish that all who are not indifferent to the future of our country, pursue their opinions with the same courage and conviction as Vaclav Havel did,
dailymail 22-DEC-11
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[-added]: He did not always succeed with his initiatives... He may have been wrong in several things like any of us. But this is also a part of the life of great personalities,
praguemonitor 22-DEC-11
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[ said]: Vaclav Havel's name will remain forever linked to the Velvet Revolution and the restoration of our freedom and democracy in our country,
telegraph 21-DEC-11
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[-said]: Our Velvet Revolution will be always connected with his name,
CBC 21-DEC-11
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[-said]: I consider the direction presidential election a fatal mistake,
praguemonitor 19-DEC-11
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[-said]: I am very glad that we have again succeeded in adding something that visitors to the Czech Republic, Prague and Prague Castle can see,
praguemonitor 19-DEC-11
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[-said]: Vaclav Havel has become a symbol of the modern Czech state,
praguemonitor 19-DEC-11
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[ said]: It was Havel who invited me to the emerging Civic Forum,
novinite 18-DEC-11
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[ said]: Vaclav Havel became a symbol of the modern Czech state,
euronews 18-DEC-11
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[-added]: It probably would not be appropriate either to ask President Medvedev what he thinks about the Wednesday strike of Czech teachers, whether it was justified or not,
PraguePost 15-DEC-11
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[-said]: In this situation, it would be irresponsible to increase our debt by providing more loans to the countries with extreme debts, which would only allow them to further delay real solutions,
news 14-DEC-11
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[-said]: The Czech Republic itself lives with a deficit, which, as one can see, it is unable to eliminate. In this situation, it would be irresponsible to increase our debt by providing more loans to the extremely indebted countries, which would only allow for further postponement of real solutions,
praguemonitor 13-DEC-11
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[-said]: It is erroneous to narrow the freedom of our decision-making in advance by arguing that if we do not adopt the Brussels plan, we will be in isolation,
praguemonitor 13-DEC-11
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[-said]: I warned against the long-term consequences of proceeding along the established path of the European integration and social system, but I did not sound the alarm in the short term. I must say now that I made a mistake and that I was too optimistic,
praguemonitor 12-DEC-11
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[-said]: The government has been weakened by coalition disputes, both proved and unproved scandals. It has been weakened by the departures of several ministers. It has also weakened by internal disputes within particular parties. But it has been weakened the most by real disputes between the coalition parties over the fundamental parameters of the government's reform steps. This means that the disputes also had a matter-of-fact basis,
praguemonitor 12-DEC-11
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[-said]: Social Democracy (CSSD) was not an opposition to the government. It rather took the position of an opponent of the whole socio-economic system of the country,
praguemonitor 12-DEC-11
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[-said]: The elections are theirs and not ours,
ceskenoviny 10-DEC-11
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[-said]: I must admit that it probably would not be appropriate either to ask President Medvedev what he thinks about the Wednesday strike of Czech teachers, whether it was justified or not,
praguemonitor 09-DEC-11
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[-said]: The elections are theirs and not ours. It is what I base all my assessments on,
praguemonitor 09-DEC-11
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[-said]: We can completely rule out all freedom and democracy in Europe, in a similar way that communism strove to do.
PraguePost 08-DEC-11
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[-told]: A university is something with which all of us basically enhance our human capital, our use in society and personal life,
ceskenoviny 07-DEC-11
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[-added]: It is your personal investment in yourself. This is why I think that it should be financed by you yourself,
ceskenoviny 07-DEC-11
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[ said]: I consider free university studies, but not elementary and secondary school studies, the students' sponging on the rest of our society,
ceskenoviny 07-DEC-11
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[-said]: I am convinced that elementary and secondary schools are in the category of public assets. It is logical that the state is ready to finance them,
ceskenoviny 07-DEC-11
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