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The Eurodebate Today: Liberalizing the European Continent or Re-Regulating It?

English Pages, 18. 1. 2002

When discussing Europe in January 2002, two parallel, directly non-connected issues should be strictly distinguished. The first issue is the discussion of the process of the European integration itself, of its forms, its speed, its phases, its costs and benefits, its spontaneous character and/or its political constructivism. The second issue is the discussion of the possibilities of a small country, located in the heart of Europe, which was out of this process for half a century, to rationally participate in it. To openly discuss both issues is rather difficult, especially for a politician, because we do not live in the world of a free, unbiased, non-aprioristic academic debate. We do live, on the contrary, in the era of dominance of one view which succeeded in caricaturing all other views as wrong, reactionary, nationalistic and undemocratic. This is very unpleasant and unproductive.

Economic and Political Trends in the Czech Republic

English Pages, 21. 11. 2001

Right now, it is exactly 12 years after the collapse of communism in the Czech Republic as well as in other Central and Eastern European countries. We ask, of course, ourselves permanently whether we used this period fully, in an optimal way, or whether much more could have been in this period achieved. My answer is that we have already succeeded in creating something like a basic stage of the system of parliamentary democracy and market economy and in liquidating all structures and mechanisms of the former communist society. This is a good achievement.

The Value of Transparency in Conducting Monetary Policy: Czech Experience

English Pages, 12. 10. 2001

My remarks reflect more my political experience during the last decade after the fall of communism in my country and elsewhere than any well-defined theoretical position.

The Role of the Press during both the Liberation and the Post-Communist Reconstruction of the Czech Republic

English Pages, 1. 10. 2001

It is for me a rather unusual topic and I do not pretend to be an expert in this very special field. You are supposed to be the experts. But I accepted the title suggested by the organizers of your congress and shall try to make a few remarks regarding this topic.

European Union and Its Enlargement

English Pages, 20. 9. 2001

The recent tragic events in America suggest many things and raise many questions but there is no doubt that we have to look at world (and European) issues and problems more deeply and more sharply than in the past. We should not be satisfied with their old fashionable, comfortable, superficial and - very often - wrong and misleading interpretations.

Back to Europe or Avanti into the European Union

English Pages, 11. 9. 2001

The formation as well as the development of the European Union in the second half of the 20th century is a special case of the contemporary globalization and integration processes. It belongs to the prevailing trends and tendencies but it contains something specific – I see it in its dominant political aspect!

Globalization: Benefits and Backlash: Notes for Florence

English Pages, 11. 9. 2001

I don´t want to pretend that I know exactly what the term globalization really means, but we can probably agree that we have been – especially in the last years or decades – witnessing an increasing internationalization of many kinds of human activities. On one hand, it has been, caused by technological developments, on the other it was made possible by world-wide liberalization and deregulation, by the increasing acceptance of the idea of open society, by the more favourable atmosphere, prevailing after the end of the Cold War. These developments are usually called globalization, which has become a highly fashionable but poorly defined term. Its loose and fuzzy definition makes it possible to use it easily and in many, rather contradictory and not very productive and illuminating ways.

Europe’s Economy in Global Competition: Notes for Alpbach*)

English Pages, 20. 8. 2001

1. I think most of us would agree that there are not many reasons to be fascinated with the current state of the European economy, with the last decade of its performance (in the 1993 – 2002 decade, using IMF estimates, the European Union grew at an average of 2,3 %), as well as with its probable, imaginable future.

Notes for European Business Press Evening

English Pages, 28. 6. 2001

It was extremely important to describe, understand and correctly interpret both the whole period and its meaning and the individual measures and events in it because the transition meant a dramatic change of life for millions of citizens of the countries in this region – not always and not for everyone to the better.

Is There a Reform Fatigue?

English Pages, 26. 5. 2001

Is There a Reform Fatigue?

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