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Klaus was especially outspoken on the claims that the Czech Republic could not survive and flourish without the EU. He said that such a view could threaten both individual state sovereignty and national pride...
...basic disagreement is with the implicitly held belief...that everything that has happened since 1957 is the result of the EU,” he said...
...building of our country was not done by the EU, it was done by ourselves,” Klaus added...
Klaus also challenged the idea that the growth and unification of the EU would benefit member states, since he argued that it would only decrease members’ autonomy...
...commented that debate, and consequently progress, is nearly impossible in Europe since it is “difficult to have a free discussion” and since contrary voices are “hardly hear-able.” Furthermore, Klaus reiterated that the EU currently creates the “wretched effect” of groups of member states blindly following the actions of one state, an effect that he said is even further lessening the democracy of each individual member state...