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    Czech president compares EU to Soviet Union

    Czech president compares EU to Soviet Union

    By CONSTANT BRAND, Associated Press Writer Constant Brand, Associated Press Writer – Thu Feb 19, 8:17 am ET BRUSSELS

    The European Union has turned into an undemocratic and elitist project comparable to the Communist dictatorships of eastern Europe that forbade alternative thinking, Czech President Vaclav Klaus told the European Parliament on Thursday.

    Klaus, whose country now holds the rotating EU presidency, set out a scathing attack on the EU project and its institutions, provoking boos from many lawmakers, some of whom walked out, but applause from nationalists and other anti-EU legislators.

    Klaus is known for deep skepticism of the EU and has refused to fly the EU flag over his official seat in Prague during the Czech presidency, saying the country is not an EU province.

    He said current EU practices smacked of communist times when the Soviet Union controlled much of eastern Europe, including the Czech Republic and when dissent or even discussions were not tolerated.

    "Not so long ago, in our part of Europe we lived in a political system that permitted no alternatives and therefore also no parliamentary opposition," said Klaus. "We learned the bitter lesson that with no opposition, there is no freedom."

    He said the 27-nation bloc should concentrate on offering prosperity to Europeans, rather than closer political union, and scrap a stalled EU reform treaty that Irish voters have already rejected.

    Klaus said that questioning deeper integration has become an "uncriticizable assumption that there is only one possible and correct future of the European integration."

    "The enforcement of these notions ... is unacceptable," Klaus said. "Those who dare thinking about a different option are labeled as enemies." Observers had been expecting Klaus to deliver a critical speech during his first and only visit to the EU chamber at a time when his country holds the EU limelight as chair of the 27-nation bloc.

    "I have never experienced a situation where the presidency of the European Union ... compares the EU with the Soviet Union," said Belgian lawmaker Ivo Belet.

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    I like this guy! After a long time living under Soviet domination, along comes the EU, promising favorable trading conditions with a common currency, but forgetting to mention that any country's sovereignty and laws, heritage and language will give way for the common good.
    We have to watch this very, very carefully, before we get sold on the idea of the Amero or Globo for our economic success. And if you want to get really scared, just google the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) and you can get an idea we are already lost.
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    GO CZECHS!! Stand up, Stand firm! We've got your backs.

    That's now the Irish, the French, the Brits, the Dutch, and the Czechs ... that are disenchanted with the EU Mission of Globalism.

    This is great! Maybe this time, Europe will save US.
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