Outgoing Czech president bringing together Euroskeptics

Outgoing Czech President Vaclav Klaus intends to, at the end of his mandate, create a Euroskeptic faction in the European Parliament.

Izvor: Beta

Wednesday, 30.01.2013.

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PRAGUE Outgoing Czech President Vaclav Klaus intends to, at the end of his mandate, create a Euroskeptic faction in the European Parliament. Klaus will stay in politics when his second term in office expires in early March. One of his plans for "an active presidential retirement" is to serve as a MEP. Outgoing Czech president bringing together Euroskeptics EP elections will be held in the spring of next year, giving Klaus enough time to establish and strengthen a new Czech anti-EU party, and enter the European parliament from its ticket, Czech daily Lidove Noviny is reporting, citing sources in the presidential office. On the sidelines of the Czech political scene there are several anti-EU and nationalist parties that could rally around Klaus. A minority inside the party that Klaus established in 1992 - the Civic Democratic Party - is also extremely euroskeptic. This party is now in power in coalition with the pro-EU party TOP09, led by the country's foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg, who recently lost his bid to become president to Milos Zeman. As soon as Zeman is sworn in on March 8, Klaus will be moving to a new office in the Institute Vaclav Klaus, co-financed by the country's richest man, PPF Group owner Petr Kellner. "I hope there will be other sponsors to support the work of the Institute. I do not agree with all the positions of President Klaus, but certainly I agree with more than half. On the other hand, I believe that the state should take care of this. A president should not retire with a pension of EUR 2,000," Kellner was quoted as saying. According to him, a man who represented the state should have his office and his team. "These people are the symbols of our country and the state should take care of them. When the state will not, then it's up to us," said Kellner. Vaclav Klaus (Beta/AP, file) Beta

Outgoing Czech president bringing together Euroskeptics

EP elections will be held in the spring of next year, giving Klaus enough time to establish and strengthen a new Czech anti-EU party, and enter the European parliament from its ticket, Czech daily Lidove Noviny is reporting, citing sources in the presidential office.

On the sidelines of the Czech political scene there are several anti-EU and nationalist parties that could rally around Klaus.

A minority inside the party that Klaus established in 1992 - the Civic Democratic Party - is also extremely euroskeptic. This party is now in power in coalition with the pro-EU party TOP09, led by the country's foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg, who recently lost his bid to become president to Miloš Zeman.

As soon as Zeman is sworn in on March 8, Klaus will be moving to a new office in the Institute Vaclav Klaus, co-financed by the country's richest man, PPF Group owner Petr Kellner.

"I hope there will be other sponsors to support the work of the Institute. I do not agree with all the positions of President Klaus, but certainly I agree with more than half. On the other hand, I believe that the state should take care of this. A president should not retire with a pension of EUR 2,000," Kellner was quoted as saying.

According to him, a man who represented the state should have his office and his team.

"These people are the symbols of our country and the state should take care of them. When the state will not, then it's up to us," said Kellner.

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