President Klaus: Germany must bear negative effects of EU integration

Czech President Václav Klaus has said that Germany must be prepared to bear the negative effects of European integration it always championed. Speaking at Humboldt University in Berlin on Thursday, Mr Klaus said that freedom and prosperity in Europe are at risk, and that the Lisbon treaty had failed to bring more democracy to the European Union. According to the Czech president, EU enlargement had caused the bloc to lose its decision-making potential. Mr Klaus also drew a parallel between the European Union and communism saying that both deny nations equality and sovereignty. Despite the existence of the formal posts of EU president and foreign minister, and the EU flag and anthem, it is Germany and France who wield the real power, President Klaus added.

Author: Jan Richter