67 Quotes by Vaclav Klaus

It is obvious that the monetary union among 17 very different European countries does not work. As an economist, I know that the Eurozone is not an optimum currency area, as defined in economic theory.

I was paid to read Western economic texts. In a way, the regime paid for their own undermining.

To talk about planning an economic system is to talk in old terms, and I find myself sometimes having to teach Westers about what the market really means.

We will also allow state companies to sell shares to their workers and will pass a law allowing citizens to start companies of their own with no limits on the number of employees or on the firm's output.

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.

Nonsense. I would like to say, quite formally and clearly, that my government would never allow something like this.

But the Civic Forum has put me in a very visible position, and I expect that I will be in the parliament after the June elections.

This week, we created a Board for the Temporary Administration of State Property that will look into selling government-owned assets.

I share with my colleagues a broad consensus on what needs to be done, although there are issues where I want to move faster than they.