Vaclev Havel is one of the great, courageous men of our time. AP writer Constant Brand reports:
BRUSSELS – The European Union
has turned into an undemocratic and elitist project comparable to the
Communist dictatorships of eastern Europe that forbade alternative
thinking, Czech President Vaclav Klaus told the European Parliament on Thursday. . .
He said current EU practices smacked of communist times when the Soviet Union controlled much of eastern Europe, including the Czech Republic and when dissent or even discussions were not tolerated. (more. . .)
Update: 2/20/09 - the text of Vaclev Havel's speech may be found here.