CZECH-MATED?

V The Daily Beast se objevil čtivý kousek k "rozchodu" Václava Klause s CATO Institutem. Jsou tam například i informace ze zákulisí…

Through a spokesperson, Klaus does not deny that he and Cato parted ways. But he blames the rupture solely on Andrei Illarionov, a Senior Fellow at the think tank and a former Putin advisor who left the president’s employ in 2005 and is now one of the Russian president’s harshest critics. “There has never been the slightest dispute between President Klaus and the Cato Institute in the past, on the contrary, he has been repeatedly invited to give keynote speeches at various Cato events,” Klaus spokeswoman Karolina Králová told the Beast. “There is just a dispute of former President Putin´s long term collaborator Mr. Illarionov, who was fired from Kremlin, with President Klaus´s views on the situation in Ukraine. Nothing else.”

Nebo informace o dalších problémech, kterým V.K. čelí pro svou podivnou příklonost k Rusku (stále kvůli odporu k EU a nedůvěře vůči Německu?). 

Klaus’ banishment from Cato appears to be having something of a ripple effect throughout the libertarian world. Also in September, Klaus spoke at a Hong Kong gathering of the Mont Pelerin Society, a closed, high-level coterie of free market economists. Asked about the rise of nationalism in Europe, according to one person at the confab, Klaus “got into the Ukraine business on his own,” concluding that the “Ukraine problem was brought about by the United States and European Union and that Putin was innocent. For many people in the room it came across as a novelty.” After his tirade, Klaus, according to this source, “did look quite lonely,” particularly in contrast to past society meetings, when dozens of people typically lined up to shake his hand. This time, however, Klaus was “scanning the room during coffee breaks for someone to talk to.” Although Klaus was widely tipped to be elected president of the society this year, he was rejected in favor of Spanish economist Pedro Schwartz.

Jedná se o text Vaclav Klaus, Libertarian Hero, Has His Wings Clipped by Cato Institute.

Je tam i odkaz na zajímavý článek/rozhovor britského časopisu Spectator - Vaclav Klaus: the West’s lies about Russia are monstrous. An interview with the former Czech president, possibly the West’s last truly outspoken leader.