Comments on: Václav Klaus Addresses the European Parliament http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/02/20/vaclav-klaus-addresses-the-european-parliament/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: H.Polcik http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/02/20/vaclav-klaus-addresses-the-european-parliament/#comment-63493 H.Polcik Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:15:47 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=4101#comment-63493 From letter to Vaclav Klaus sent 1.01.09.
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……We ask You as a EU President during first half 2009 year to investigate activity EU Commission in area of competition of Europe firms. Especially it is necessary to compare financial aid of Polish shipyards and financial sector in other countries. In our opinion the banking sector has received much more government financial aid (by one worker for instance) than Polish shipyards. …..The different standard to enterprises by EU institution cannot be accepted. It is very dangerous for Europe future. ……………
We ask Mr. President to annual the EU Commission decision of returning financial aid by Polish shipyards to our government.
…………Under the pressure EU (debate PE -21.10.08) our parliament voted special law. According to this law shipyards have to be divided into parts and should be sold on the market to receive maximum profit.

]]> By: Mark http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/02/20/vaclav-klaus-addresses-the-european-parliament/#comment-63478 Mark Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:14:55 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=4101#comment-63478 David:
I don’t know how much the banking crisis has changed things the last few months, but Austria and Switzerland, two Central European countries without ties to Communism, have consistently ranked as about the most libertarian countries in the world the last several years when you look at rankings of both economic and social liberty – and Switzerland, at least, is ranked higher than the US in both respects (Austria may be as well, but I’m not sure. I know they’re close).

Klaus’ speech is particularly interesting because it is primarily about the direction the EU is going, not just in terms of being market-oriented but also in terms of how centralized it is going to be. Hell, he even talks about Bastiat’s Candlemakers’ Petition.

]]> By: David Wilson http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/02/20/vaclav-klaus-addresses-the-european-parliament/#comment-63452 David Wilson Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:28:05 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=4101#comment-63452 I study Political Science and right now one of my classes is on European Politics. The European model at this point is sadly quite leftist although my liberal professors continue to characterize them as more “centrist.” However, the CEE (Central and Eastern European) Countries which are relatively new to the Union are showing to be a bastion of more market oriented policies. Perhaps the fact that many of them are Post-Soviet satellites has influenced their market orientated political economy, since many of them have learned the hard way what government interference can do.

]]> By: tfr http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/02/20/vaclav-klaus-addresses-the-european-parliament/#comment-63424 tfr Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:03:38 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=4101#comment-63424 Hmpf… Klaus and Putin making sense, our so called “leaders” spewing nonsense. Not good.

]]> By: Mark http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/02/20/vaclav-klaus-addresses-the-european-parliament/#comment-63423 Mark Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:20:23 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=4101#comment-63423 I’m going to the Czech Republic in May. Maybe I won’t come back.

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