In a melancholy way, it has been vastly entertaining to see the rage provoked in Brussels and Europe's political class by the continuing dalliance of the Czech President, Vaclav Klaus, over ratification of the European Constitution (aka the Lisbon Treaty). A leading German MEP has called for his impeachment. The European Commission's President, Jose-Manuel Barroso, gives tight-lipped press conferences warning Klaus that unless he signs the Czechs will lose their Commissioner. What Barroso doesn't explain is that, if the treaty comes into force, the Czechs may well lose their Commissioner anyway. Meanwhile the fiercely Eurosceptic President sits in Hradcany Palace with a sphinx-like smile on his face, teasing us as to his intentions and hugely enjoying all the embarrasment he is causing. When, some time back, he launched a Czech edition of The Great Deception, the history of the EU I wrote with Richard North, I was struck by how many laughs he drew from his Prague audience. Since Klaus is also the only world leader who is scientifically well-informed and highly sceptical about global warming, he merits our admiration as "Europe's last democrat".Christopher Booker
Christopher Booker of The Sunday
Telegraph exposes the ever-growing power of the European Union in Brussels and the excesses of mad officialdom.
Sunday, 18 October 2009
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