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Notes for Sofia: The EU, Global Warming and the Current Economic Turmoil

English Pages, 10. 12. 2008

Thank you for the invitation to come here again. I remember quite vividly the positive atmosphere here, in the same hall, a few years ago. I was here in November 2004 – just after the Czech Republic’s EU accession – and spoke about the EU.

Introduction to the Presentation of the book “Blue, not Green Planet” in Sofia

English Pages, 9. 12. 2008

It is my great pleasure to be again in your country – after more than two years – and to have the opportunity to present my book “Blue, not Green Planet” here today.

I am really glad that this book of mine has – after Czech, English, German, Dutch, Russian, Polish and Spanish editions – also its Bulgarian version.

Notes for the ING Forum

English Pages, 1. 12. 2008

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Thank you for inviting me to speak here this morning, thank you for your decision to organize this important gathering in the Czech Republic, in Prague.

You came here in a very interesting moment. You came here in the moment when we celebrated (or perhaps it would be more precise to say remembered) the 19th anniversary of the fall of communism in our country.

Address by the President of the Czech Republic at the state dinner in honor of H. E. Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada

English Pages, 1. 12. 2008

Your Excellency, Mr. Lafond, Ladies and Gentlemen,

My wife and I – together with the citizens of the Czech Republic who highly appreciate traditional good relations between our two countries – are truly delighted to have the opportunity to welcome you in Prague on the occasion of your state visit to the Czech Republic. We would like, once again, to thank you for accepting our invitation to come here.

Speech of the President of the Republic at the Constitutional Court Proceedings on the Lisbon Treaty

English Pages, 25. 11. 2008

Mr. Chairman and judges of the Constitutional Court,

I am at this hearing, because the Constitutional Court asked me to present my viewpoint on the proposal made by the Senate of the Czech Republic Parliament to have the Lisbon Treaty, modifying the Treaty on the European Union and the Treaty Establishing the European Community as agreed in Lisbon on 17 December 2007, examined in order to assess, whether or not it is compatible with the Czech Republic’s Constitution.

Speech of the President of the Czech Republic at the state dinner in Ireland

English Pages, 12. 11. 2008

President, Mr McAleese, distinguished ladies and gentlemen,

It is a great honour to be able to use this occasion this evening to thank you for the invitation to your beautiful country and for the very cordial welcome extended here to our delegation, to my wife and myself.

Remarks with a Toast at the Government Luncheon hosted by the Prime Minister of Ireland

English Pages, 12. 11. 2008

Dear Mr. Prime Minister, Dear guests,

I would like to thank you for the opportunity to meet with you. I am really delighted to be in Ireland again – after more than 10 years.

To return back, nineteen years ago (and we will celebrate this anniversary next week), communism in our country collapsed.

Address of the President of the Czech Republic to the Members of the Diplomatic Corps on the Occasion of the Czech National Day

English Pages, 28. 10. 2008

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is my pleasure to welcome you in the Prague Castle at this already traditional, early morning meeting of the President of the Czech Republic with the heads of diplomatic missions on the occasion of the Czech National Day.

Introduction to the Presentation of the book Planet Azul (No Verde) in Madrid

English Pages, 22. 10. 2008

It is my great pleasure to be again in Madrid – after long four years – and to have the opportunity to present my book “Planeta azul (no verde)” here today.

I am really glad that this book of mine has – after Czech, English, German, Dutch, Russian and Polish editions – also its Spanish version, una versión española.

Introducing the Polish Version of Blue, not Green Planet

English Pages, 13. 10. 2008

I am really pleased to be here, with President Kaczyński, with Rector Budnikowski, with the representatives of the publishing house Rzeczpospolita, and with all of you.

I am glad that my book “Modrá, nikoli zelená planeta” (in Polish “Błękitna Planeta w Zielonych Okowach”) has – after Czech, English, German, Dutch, Russian and Spanish editions – also a Polish version.

Setting the Right Priorities Means to Forget the Global Warming

English Pages, 9. 10. 2008

I would like to express my thanks for the invitation to participate in this important gathering.

The organizers of the forum suggested naming my today’s speech “Setting the Right Priorities”. They are probably not satisfied with the way how the priorities are set now or they suppose that I am not happy with it. They are right.

Where Do I See a Problem Now?

English Pages, 3. 10. 2008

Many thanks for the invitation to this beautiful part of your great country and for honoring me with the Barry Goldwater Award for Liberty. Barry Goldwater is a name I esteem very much, a name I was aware of already in the sixties when he was alive, in the dark communist days. In the former Czechoslovakia, he was considered an arch enemy of the rosy era of building a communist paradise.

Freedom and Free Market Principles Are As Important to Fight For Now as in the Past, Maybe More

English Pages, 2. 10. 2008

Many thanks for the invitation to this beautiful part of your great country and for honoring me with the very prestigious Columbia Award. I am extremely grateful, especially after having seen the list of the past award holders.

I will start with a short story connected with one of them – with George Will who received the award two years ago.

Global Warming Alarmism is Unacceptable and Should be Confronted

English Pages, 1. 10. 2008

Many thanks for the invitation and for the opportunity to be here with all of you. I have visited the U.S. many times since the fall of communism in November 1989 when – after almost half a century – traveling to the free world became for people like me possible again, but I’ve never been to this beautiful city and to the state of Oregon before. Once again, thank you very much.

Tribute to Milton Friedman

English Pages, 8. 9. 2008

Dear colleagues, dear friends,

It is a great honor for me to be asked to say a few words to this distinguished and very knowledgeable audience about one of our greatest heroes, about one of the past Mont Pelerin Society presidents, about a friend of many of us, Milton Friedman.

Current Global Warming Alarmism and the Mont Pelerin Society’s Long Term Agenda

English Pages, 8. 9. 2008

I think I have to start with expressing my deep and ever-deeper conviction that the recently created panic as regards dramatic, in the past allegedly unknown global climate changes and their supposedly catastrophic consequences for the future of human civilization must not remain without a resolute answer of the – until now – more or less silent majority of rationally thinking people, especially classical liberals, libertarians and other freedom loving men and women.

Interview of President Václav Klaus for Rzeczpospolita

English Pages, 26. 7. 2008

Has President Kaczynski convinced you to ratify the Lisbon Treaty?

President Kaczyński did not try to convince me about the beauty of the Lisbon Treaty. My views in this respect are firm and they can’t be changed.

Feature article on the 90th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic for the CZECH ARMED FORCES REVIEW magazine

English Pages, 23. 7. 2008

On October 28th this year, we will remember the ninetieth anniversary of the birth of the independent Republic of Czechoslovakia. The most important public holiday of our country is always an opportunity to think about our recent history and current orientation.

Interview with President Václav Klaus for Knack.be

English Pages, 18. 7. 2008

What kind of memories do you have about the break-up of the Czechoslovak federation in the Tugendhat Villa in Brno in 1992?

The Czechoslovak federation had been moving toward the break-up slowly but continuously since the fall of Communism in 1989.

Lord Harris of Central Europe

English Pages, 1. 7. 2008

I am greatly honoured to have had the privilege of knowing Lord Harris personally. I got to know him as the General Director of the British Institute of Economic Affairs, as a free market thinker, an analytical economist, and a persistent polemicist, who had always stayed devoted to conservative values; the very values he had been promoting already in the 1950s, i.e. at the time when they were far from being obvious, when they were questioned from all sides, and when they were – even in his native Britain – deeply out of favour.

Reply to the Constitutional Court Regarding the Lisbon Treaty

English Pages, 25. 6. 2008

At the request of the Constitutional Court, made through Judge-Rapporteur Vojen Güttler, LL.D., and delivered to me on 9 May 2008, file No. Pl. US 19/08, regarding the petition from the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic requesting an assessment of compliance of the Lisbon Treaty, amending the Treaty on the European Union and the Treaty Establishing the European Community, concluded in Lisbon on 13 December 2007 (hereafter referred to as the "Lisbon Treaty"), with the constitutional system, filed according to Article 87 (2) of the Constitution of the Czech Republic, I am presenting, within the time limit required by Article 69 (1) of Act No 182/1993 Coll. on the Constitutional Court, the following statement:

Interview with El País

English Pages, 25. 6. 2008

Irish people said NO to the Lisbon Treaty, how this result will affect the European Union?

The European Union must not be based on ignoring its own rules and principles.

Interview with President Klaus about Irish rejection of the Lisbon Treaty

English Pages, 19. 6. 2008

What do you think about the Irish NO?

The whole of Europe should thank the Irish people for slowing down the current erroneous processes towards more unification, towards the suppression of nation states, towards a ‘Europe of regions’, and towards greater centralization from above, which the Lisbon Treaty embodied.

Ten Years of Euro: A Reason for Celebration?

English Pages, 12. 6. 2008

Ten years have passed since the founding of the European Central Bank but it seems as if it was yesterday. This was the last crucial step towards the introduction of the euro, a currency that was adopted by many European countries.

Washington CEI Speech: Is Schumpeter’s Vision of the End of Capitalism Relevant?

English Pages, 28. 5. 2008

Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is really a pleasure for me to be here. I mean it seriously. Therefore, I should begin with expressing my sincere thanks:

- thanks for giving me the opportunity to participate in this annual event and to address this distinguished audience, where I am proud to see so many friends;

Notes for the Washington, D.C. Presentation of the Book “Blue Planet in Green Shackles”

English Pages, 27. 5. 2008

It is a great pleasure to be here. Let me thank all those who helped to make the English translation and publication of my book “Blue Planet in Green Shackles” possible, especially Fred Smith and his Competitive Enterprise Institute, and those who co-organized the presentation of it in this very prestigious place.

Address of the President of the Czech Republic Václav Klaus delivered on the occasion of the Independence Day of the State of Israel

English Pages, 13. 5. 2008

Dear Mr. Ambassador, dear ladies and gentlemen,

I would like to thank you for your invitation to this gathering, which takes place on the occasion of the Independence Day of your country and is at the same time a reminder of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel.

Theses of President Klaus at the Summit of Central European Presidents in Ohrid

English Pages, 3. 5. 2008

President Crvenkovski, dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen,

1. I would like, first, to thank President Crvenkovski for organizing this, already 15th, meeting of Presidents of Central, Southern and Eastern European countries in this beautiful place and even for preparing such an excellent weather.

Notes for Den Haag: Blauwe Planeet in Groene Kluisters

English Pages, 21. 4. 2008

I would like first of all to thank all who helped to organize the Dutch translation and publication of my book “Blue Planet in Green Shackles”, especially Johann Grünbauer whose idea it was, and also those who helped to organize this book-signing ceremony.

Czech Transformation – 18 Years After

English Pages, 8. 4. 2008

Thank you for organizing this gathering, for bringing Czech and Egyptian politicians, and especially Czech and Egyptian business people together. We – I suppose all of us here – are motivated to contribute to the expanding and intensifying of Czech-Egyptian relations.

Notes for the Bucharest NATO Summit

English Pages, 2. 4. 2008

Secretary General, Dear Colleagues,

- I would like to thank President Băsescu and all his colleagues and collaborators for the excellent preparation and organization of this summit which takes place − for the first time − in the rather complicated Balkan region.

From Climate Alarmism to Climate Realism

English Pages, 4. 3. 2008

Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen,

I would like first of all to thank the organizers of this important conference for making it possible and also for inviting one politically incorrect politician from Central Europe to come and speak here.

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