The Present Stage of the Czech Transformation: After the Surgery, Before Full Recuperation

English Pages, 27. 9. 1996

Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,

I have been asked to say something about the present stage of the Czech tranformation. To put it briefly, I think I may use a simple analogy: after the surgery, before full recuperation. In all its simplicity, it reflects something very important.

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The Czech Republic in Europe at the Turn of the Century

English Pages, 26. 9. 1996

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Thank you for inviting me to come here and for giving me the opportunity to share with you some of my ideas about my country, about the post-communist world, and, implicitly, about Europe and your country as well. I will of course use my experience, both from the communist era and from the transition years as my main perspective.

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Transforming Toward A Free Society

English Pages, 12. 9. 1996

Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends,

This is my fourth consecutive participation in the General Meeting of our society and we are talking again and again about „Transforming Toward a Free Society“. I hope we will continue talking about it because such a goal can never be fully achieved and, especially, cannot be achieved forever.

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Speech of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic on the occassion of his official visit to Malaysia

English Pages, 9. 9. 1996

Dear Mr. Prime Minister, Esteemed Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is for the first time in the history of our mutual relations that the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic has visited your country, and has had the opportunity to express to such a distinguished audience his ideas and his feelings, which have been inspired by the first hours that I have spent in your country.

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Speech of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic on the occassion of his official visit to Japan

English Pages, 5. 9. 1996

Dear Mr. Prime Minister, Esteemed Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is for the first time in the history of our mutual relations that the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic has visited your country, and has had the opportunity to express to such a distinguished audience his ideas and his feelings, which have been inspired by the first hours that I have spent in your country.

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Speech of Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Václav Klaus at the EU SUMMIT

English Pages, 22. 6. 1996

Mr Chairman, dear colleagues,

Let me first, on behalf of the Czech Republic, express our thanks to Italian Prime Minister Prodi for inviting us to this summit. We are convinced that our meetings durind EU summits have already created an important tradition and give all of us a forum for exchanging ideas on the key European issues.

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"The Common Crisis: Is There Any?"

English Pages, 11. 5. 1996

Being known as a passive and almost submissive person who always accepts somebody else’s suggestions, a few months ago I accepted the suggested title of my today’s speech: „The Common Crisis“. But several days ago when I started to seriously think about what to say, I modified the title slightly as compared to the printed version of the program of this congress, adding to it the question: „Is There Any?“.

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Notes for the EDU Party Leaders Conference Address

English Pages, 13. 3. 1996

During the three years which have gone since our last meeting, there have been significant political shifts and changes, both inside our countries and in the international arena. I believe that the results have been - from the point of view of values and principles we in EDU share - highly favourable.

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