Freedom and Democracy in Contemporary Europe: An Insider’s View

English Pages, 5. 3. 2007

Mr. Chairman, distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is a great pleasure to be here, to be for the first time in the American South after having visited the U. S. about 50 times before.

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Remarks at Milton Friedman Memorial Service

English Pages, 29. 1. 2007

Dear Rose, Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the University of Chicago Faculty, Ladies and Gentlemen,

it is a great honor for me to be with all of you here today, especially with Rose. Nevertheless, I am not sure I deserve to be privileged to be one of the speakers on this very special occasion, because I did not have the chance to be a long time colleague or a close personal friend of Milton Friedman.

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President Václav Klaus sent a telegram of condolence to Mrs. Elizabeth Ford

English Pages, 27. 12. 2006

Dear Mrs. Ford

It was with deep sadness that I heard about Gerald Ford’s passing away. I would like to express my sympathies to you and to your family in this difficult moment.

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Address by the President of the Czech Republic Václav Klaus on the Occasion of His State Visit to the Republic of South Africa

English Pages, 12. 12. 2006

Dear Mr. President, Madam Mbeki, Your Excellencies, Honorable Ministers, Your Excellencies Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Distinguished Guests, ladies and gentlemen,

It is a great honour for me and for all of us to be here. I would like to thank you for the invitation to visit your beautiful country and for the very warm welcome I, my wife and my delegation are receiving here. I see this visit as truly historic because it is the very first visit of the President of the Czech Republic to this most significant country of the African continent.

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Address by the President of the Czech Republic Václav Klaus on the Occasion of His State Visit to Nigeria

English Pages, 7. 12. 2006

Dear Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen,

Allow me to use this special opportunity for expressing my thanks for the invitation to visit your country and for the warm welcome extended to me, my wife and my delegation here

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Notes for The European Colloquia Conference

English Pages, 30. 11. 2006

Thank you for organizing this important gathering here in Prague, thank you for bringing so many famous economists to this country, and thank you for giving me a chance to say a few words here this morning.

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Notes for the Riga NATO summit

English Pages, 29. 11. 2006

1. I would like to thank President Vike-Freiberga and all the organizers of the Riga summit for the excellent preparation and organization of this meeting.

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Europe at the Crossroad: Where to go?

English Pages, 23. 11. 2006

It is a great honor for me to receive the honorary doctorate degree at the University of Athens. I take it as a personal award which reflects my political and academic activities both at home and abroad.

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What is Europeism?

English Pages, 20. 11. 2006

In recent years, both in my country and abroad, I have often spoken and written about Europeism, which I consider to be the dominant ideology of the contemporary Europe. In spite of the existing pluralism of opinions in many particular things, this ideology more or less determines all the important current events in Europe through its exceptional strength, its general acceptance and its dangerous simplicity.

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Notes for the Frankfurt Speech: Free Trade and Freedom

English Pages, 17. 11. 2006

Thank you for the invitation to this important gathering, and especially for giving me such a privileged speaking position.

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