We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends. — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
My main concern is the political dimension of European integration. This is one of the most important issues of all, as far as I'm… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share
That means following a very restrictive fiscal and monetary policy which will squeeze the monopolies and cut their subsidies. On the micro level we… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share
"not a scientific body capable of accurately assessing the facts about global warming". — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share
Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if not a… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share
Human relations tend to be more difficult when you're dealing with someone who weighs 30 kilograms more than you do. That's when you worry… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share
The climate change debate is basically not about science; it is about ideology. It is not about global temperature; it is about the concept… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share
I am afraid there are people who want to stop the economic growth, the rise in the standard of living (though not their own)… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share
I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic. — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share
And finally, there is another danger: the emergence of nonideological but very aggressive 'isms,' which are really quite new. Let me at least name… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share
To reduce the interpretation of the causality of all kinds of climate changes and of global warming to one variable, CO2, or to a… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share
I was 25 years old and pursuing my doctorate in economics when I was allowed to spend six months of postgraduate studies in Naples,… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share
Common foreign policy is completely unnecessary. The various European countries have widely differing priorities, goals and prejudices. It would be wrong to force them… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share
I don't think there is any global warming. I don't see the statistical data for that. — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share
