Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Klaus: "I Like Borders"

An interview with Vaclav Klaus, the Hoover Institution, 10 November 2009:


TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009
The World with Vaclav Klaus: Chapter 2 of 5
Are there parallels to be drawn between a united Europe and the late, unlamented Warsaw Pact? Czech Republic president Vaclav Klaus makes a case. 
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About Vaclav Klaus

Born in Prague in 1941 during WWII, Vaclav Klaus grew up in Czechoslovakia during the Cold War. After earning a doctorate in economics he pursued a career in academia and at the Czechoslovak State Bank. Immediately after the Velvet Revolution of 1989, Klaus entered politics. A founder of the Civic Democratic Party, he served from 1992 to 1997 as prime minister of the Czech Republic. In 2003 he was elected president, a position to which he was reelected in 2008.


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