Vaclav Klaus Quotes About Past

• My main concern is the political dimension of European integration. This is one of the most important issues of all, as far as I'm concerned. It has to do with our past, with our sensitivity, perhaps even our hypersensitivity in this regard.

  Vaclav Klaus

  Past, Issues, Political

  "'El pasado es el pasado'". Entrevista con Christian Neef y Jan Puhl, Renata Hanusova, www.spiegel.de. 13 de marzo de 2006.

• Human relations tend to be more difficult when you're dealing with someone who weighs 30 kilograms more than you do. That's when you worry about whether a well-meaning gesture could produce complications. We have no problems with countries like Madagascar or Bolivia, for example. But Germany is our neighbor and we have a shared past. Besides, Germany is powerful and ambitious and more than four times as large as we are. It makes complete sense that we would act cautiously. It's simply Realpolitik.

  Vaclav Klaus

  País, Potente, Pasado

  "'El pasado es el pasado'". Entrevista con Christian Neef y Jan Puhl, Renata Hanusova, www.spiegel.de. 13 de marzo de 2006.

• La República Checa es una parte importante de Europa Central. Está claro que debemos participar en la integración europea. Estoy convencido de que la República Checa -o, en el pasado, Checoslovaquia- habría sido uno de los miembros fundadores de la UE de no haber sido por la toma del poder por los comunistas en 1948.

  Vaclav Klaus

  Pasado, República Checa, Europa

  "'El pasado es el pasado'". Entrevista con Christian Neef y Jan Puhl, Renata Hanusova, www.spiegel.de. 13 de marzo de 2006.

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