Welcome Address for the CEP – FEE – EF Conference “The Future of the European Union”

English Pages, 14. 11. 2006

I am extremely pleased to be here and to see all of you here today. I would also like at the very beginning of this conference to thank all who helped to organize this important gathering.

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The politician I admire

English Pages, 13. 11. 2006

Margaret Thatcher, a remarkable woman, one of the greatest politicians of modern age, celebrated her 80th birthday last year, while being active, giving speeches, writing, and attending one event after the other all around the world.

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The Economic Issues Concerning the EU´s Future

English Pages, 10. 11. 2006

This is not my first visit at your university. I was here 17 years ago, in the spring of 1989, in the moment of already unstoppable meltdown of the communist regime in my country and in other parts of Central and Eastern Europe. The regime was so soft and weak at that time that it allowed me to make a trip to the University of Aarhus, to meet professors and students and to make a speech here.

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The European Union: From unification back to integration

English Pages, 9. 11. 2006

The past 50 years of the European integration process is usually considered to be a success, even if it is very difficult to prove it, to evaluate it analytically, or to measure it. Scientific measurement is very problematic in such complex processes.

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Notes to the Presidential Address to the Members of the Diplomatic Corps

English Pages, 28. 10. 2006

Today we, in the Czech Republic, celebrate the Czech National Day. It could be as well called The Day of Independence, or The Czech Day of Independence or perhaps The Day of the Republic, because we celebrate both - our independence, gained after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire, and the birth of the republic after centuries of nondemocratic monarchical regimes.

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President of the Republic Václav Klaus Address Delivered on the Occasion of the National Day, October 28th

English Pages, 28. 10. 2006

Distinguished guests here in the Vladislav Hall, dear fellow citizens at the radio and TV-sets,

It is only a few hours ago, that yet another free election was completed. Election, being a public clash of political and ideological concepts, that we considered – from the beginning, after nearly half a century of lack of freedom – to be an issue of fundamental importance.

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President of the Czech Republic Contribution to the commemorative album of Hungarian Revolution from 1956

English Pages, 23. 10. 2006

Hungarian revolution from 1956, the same as the uprising of Polish farmers in Poznan that preceded it, Czechoslovak Prague spring from 1968 and the Polish revolt from 1980 – 81 led by Solidarity, belongs to the milestones marking the fight of Central European nations against the communist totalitarian regimes.

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The Czech Republic and Its EU Membership

English Pages, 4. 10. 2006

For millions of us – in my country and in the whole Central and Eastern Europe – the fall of communism in November 1989 meant the reestablishment of freedom, of democracy and of personal liberty.

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Address delivered by the President of the Czech Republic on the occassion of the state visit of Singapore

English Pages, 3. 10. 2006

Your Excellency Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is a great honour and a pleasure for me and for all of us to be in Singapore, in this very unique place. I would like to use this opportunity to thank you for the invitation to visit your country and for the very friendly reception extended here to me and my delegation.

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The Czech Republic: Almost 17 Years of Postcommunist Transformation and of Approaching the EU

English Pages, 2. 10. 2006

It is a real pleasure and honour to be at your university and to get a chance to address this academic audience.

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