One European leader worthy of respect 33
Vaclav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic, is about to take over the presidency of the EU, which he thoroughly despises. He has declared it to be as dangerous as the old Soviet Union.
We agree with him.
We also agree with him that ‘global warming’ is a myth; and that the US and global economic crisis was caused by too much government ‘regulation’ – ie interference – rather than too little.
Of course the New York Times is against him. You can find its typically narrow-minded lefty piece on him here.
The Times of London is a little more objective in its account of Klaus and his opinions.
We doubt that Klaus is ‘close’ to Putin as the reports allege. If he is, it’s one thing about him that we don’t applaud. But for the most part he is an admirable conservative free-marketeer who values the nation state and knows that there are worse threats to civilization than the weather.
