Current Affairs President Klaus’ hopes dashed as eurosceptics take a beating in the European elections
There were a lot of long faces in Czech politics as the results of elections to the European Parliament came in, and one of them was that of President Václav Klaus, the country’s most vocal eurosceptic and a fierce opponent of the Lisbon treaty. His chief ally in Europe, Ireland’s Declan Ganley, was forced to admit defeat and the three small eurosceptic parties which the Czech president indirectly supported on home ground all failed to make their mark.
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