Vaclav Klaus
Vaclav Klaus
Václav Klausis a Czech economist and politician who served as the second President of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013. He also served as the second and last Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, federal subject of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, from July 1992 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in January 1993, and as the first Prime Minister of an independent Czech Republic from 1993 to 1998...
NationalityCzechoslovakian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 June 1941
agree cannot compete footing forms ownership state types
Privatization of the state-owned economy is not yet on the agenda. We cannot do it immediately; my colleagues would not agree to it. But we must put all forms of ownership on an equal footing immediately and let different types of ownership compete with the state firms.
civic expect forum june parliament visible
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.
allow government quite
Nonsense. I would like to say, quite formally and clearly, that my government would never allow something like this.
board created property selling state temporary
This week, we created a Board for the Temporary Administration of State Property that will look into selling government-owned assets.
agreed became board broad cultural editorial issues literary major served
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.
allow allowing citizens companies limits number pass sell shares state workers
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.
among countries defined european eurozone monetary obvious optimum union work
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.
europe states
I live in Europe and care about democracy and sovereignty of nation states there.
impression
The events in the square, of course, made a deep impression on me and many other parents.
build communist create low managers market property public sell sold strict table time
We must have the time to create strict rules so that property is not sold by Communist managers for a low price. They often get payments under the table to sell to the first bidder. This does not build public support for a market economy.
aiming efficient experience explicit human looked pursue system third version
To pursue a so-called Third Way is foolish. We had our experience with this in the 1960s when we looked for a socialism with a human face. It did not work, and we must be explicit that we are not aiming for a more efficient version of a system that has failed.
allow both compete cut domestic fiscal following means monetary monopolies squeeze
That means following a very restrictive fiscal and monetary policy which will squeeze the monopolies and cut their subsidies. On the micro level we will allow other economic agents, both domestic and foreign, to compete with them.
establish market
What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to plan its outcome.
absolutely almost convinced cyclical global history man natural phenomenon result role warming
I'm absolutely convinced that the very small global warming we are experiencing is the result of natural causes. It's a cyclical phenomenon in the history of the Earth. The role of man is very small, almost negligible.