Response by President Václav Klaus on the occasion of receiving an honorary doctorate from City University

English Pages, 10. 5. 2006

Vice-Chancellor, distinguished guests, dear graduates, ladies and gentlemen

It is a great honour and a great pleasure to receive such a highly important award from your University.

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The Threats to Liberty in the 21 st Century

English Pages, 6. 5. 2006

President Ebeling, Ladies and Gentlemen,

let me start by saying that I consider it an enormous pleasure to be here with you today.

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15 Years of Postcommunist Transformation and of Approaching the EU

English Pages, 26. 4. 2006

Many thanks for the invitation, it is a pleasure and privilege for me to be here again. As some of you may know, this is not my first visit at the University of Chicago.

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The Czech Republic in the New, Artificially Unified Europe

English Pages, 26. 4. 2006

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Thank you for inviting me again to speak here; it is a real pleasure and privilege to have this opportunity.

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Unchecked Globalization or New Wave of Protectionism?

English Pages, 25. 4. 2006

Thank you for giving me a chance to speak here this morning. I accepted the invitation to take part in this introductory panel even though I am rather reluctant to discuss global, cosmic, universal – more or less undefined or indefinable – topics, as it usually is a way of escaping the real issues we see around us and can, at least potentially, do something about.

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Address on the Holocaust Remembrance Day

English Pages, 25. 4. 2006

Rabbi Hier, Rabbi Cooper, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is a great honor for me to be here with you today and to be invited to address your gathering on this very special day.

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How to Explain the Eurorealist Position to Americans?

English Pages, 25. 4. 2006

I must say that I have a problem with the American understanding of the European integration. What I usually find here is the unstructured and unanalytical pro-integrationist argumentation by politicians and influential commentators which bothers me. It is not in my interests, and – I suppose – it is not in the interest of this country either.

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Enlargement of the EU: What to Say in Turkey?

English Pages, 18. 4. 2006

1. Many thanks for inviting me to say a few words here. There are many topics to talk about but it seemes to me that here, in Turkey, the most appropriate topic is the European Union, and especially its potential future enlargement.

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Some Doubts about the EU´s Ever-Closer Future

English Pages, 8. 3. 2006

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Thank you for inviting me to speak here today; it is a real pleasure and privilege to have this opportunity.

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Economic Transformation in the Czech Republic: Challenges Faced and Lessons Learned

English Pages, 21. 2. 2006

The collapse of communism in the Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia) produced an extraordinary euphoria among the Czech people. It created a relatively unique and great unity in the whole country.

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