Czech President Vacláv Klaus
Czech president shakes up "sleepy and docile" parliamentarians in speech to EU parliament plenary
While the Czech Lower House of parliament approved the EU Lisbon treaty, their president Vacláv Klaus gave a stinging speech in the EU parliament against the EU's rigid structure and operational procedures, which he said lack flexibility and the inclusion of the European population in its decision making. Mr. Vacláv Klaus, who is known for saying what he thinks, like calling global warming and climate change a myth, kept true to his reputation and stirred-up the "usually sleepy and docile" EU parliamentarians into a frenzy, when he told them that "between citizens and EU representatives there is a great distance - not only geographically". He also spoke of the "bureaucratization of the decision-making process" in the EU, likening the trend to the totalitarian communism that stifled Czech democracy for more than four decades.
Many MEPs walked out of the chamber during Mr Klaus's speech, which was animated by both applause and boos. To some the walkout of parliamentarians during his speech seemed to prove what Mr.Klaus was saying. "Here, there is only one alternative and those who dare think about different options are labeled enemies of European integration."
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