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Vaclav Klaus, Czech President

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The Czech President is one of the most outspoken critics of the EU, which he once compared to the Soviet Union. Vaclav Klaus tells France 24 the euro is a disastrous project and explains why his country decided to reject the recently adopted fiscal treaty.

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