Dec 4, 2012 · While similar political arguments could have been made to rationalize a Czech Republic decision to join the European Economic and Monetary Union, Vaclav Klaus successfully provided the intellectual leadership to oppose that decision.

Klaus was a frequent critic of centrally implemented economic policies in the European Union, and of the adoption of the Euro as the common currency of the eurozone countries.

Jan 2, 2009 · Czech President Vaclav Klaus, an economist and self-proclaimed 'Euro-dissident,' is critical of much of the governing body's efforts. In charge: Vaclav Klaus takes the reins of the European...

Jun 1, 2010 · After the fall of communism in 1989, the Czech Republic wanted to be a normal European country again as soon as possible, after being excluded from participating in the …

Jan 4, 2024 · Exprezident Václav Klaus vyzval, aby se rozhodnutí o euru nedělalo za zády občanů a předcházelo mu referendum. Za chybu vlády Miloše Zemana označil, že si nevyjednala výjimku z eura.

Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus discusses the euro-region debt crisis and the outlook for the common currency. He speaks from Cernobbio, Italy, with Andrea...

Sep 18, 2014 · The aim of this paper is to investigate the discourse of Vaclav Klaus on European integration by analysing his discourse on the euro during his term of office as President of the Czech...

This article tries to identify – on the basis of the analysis of the euro discourse of Václav Klaus, former Czech president and prominent Eurosceptic – whether the current critical atmosphere in the EU can be explained through assumptions of theoretically defined soft and hard Euroscepticism and can be thus seen as a manifestation of Eurosceptic...

Nov 20, 2003 · Euro has always been considered to be a useful instrument for the creation of the European political union. Many statements of that kind can be quoted. European President Romano Prodi made it in an interview on CNN (January 1, 2002) quite explicit: “The introduction of the Euro is not economic at all.

Prime Minister and current President, Václav Klaus. Klaus, who founded the party after separation from the Citizens’ Forum in 1991, left the party in autumn 2008. Despite this, his influence is still felt in the party’s position on the EU and was one key factor in explaining why