Czech Historian Says President Vaclav Klaus Using Decrees To Get out of Isolation
Czech President Vaclav Klaus highlighted the issue of the post-war Benes decrees in a discussion on the EU reform Lisbon treaty only because he is more and more ending up in isolation, Czech historian Ondrej Matejka said in Vienna on Wednesday, the APA Austrian agency reports Thursday.
"He (Klaus) put the dirtiest card he had available on the table to re-gain support of the Czech public," APA quotes Matejka, from the Antikomplex NGO, as saying in a debate at the Vienna University on Wednesday within the opening of the exhibition "Forgotten Heroes - German Antifascists in the Czech Lands."
Klaus actually did not care for the decrees issued by Czechoslovak President Edvard Benes, said Matejka who is dealing with the history of German-speaking inhabitants of the Czech Lands.
He added that Klaus's step was surprising since the Benes decrees were not a hot issue on the Czech political scene lately.
Moreover, Klaus's behaviour does nor reflect the atmosphere in the Czech Republic where most inhabitants are not Eurosceptical and 70 percent are of the view that Klaus harmed the authority of the Czech Republic, according to opinion polls, Matejka said...
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"He (Klaus) put the dirtiest card he had available on the table to re-gain support of the Czech public," APA quotes Matejka, from the Antikomplex NGO, as saying in a debate at the Vienna University on Wednesday within the opening of the exhibition "Forgotten Heroes - German Antifascists in the Czech Lands."
Klaus actually did not care for the decrees issued by Czechoslovak President Edvard Benes, said Matejka who is dealing with the history of German-speaking inhabitants of the Czech Lands.
He added that Klaus's step was surprising since the Benes decrees were not a hot issue on the Czech political scene lately.
Moreover, Klaus's behaviour does nor reflect the atmosphere in the Czech Republic where most inhabitants are not Eurosceptical and 70 percent are of the view that Klaus harmed the authority of the Czech Republic, according to opinion polls, Matejka said...