
‘The EU is not Europe’: Day One of the Battle for the Soul of Europe Conference
The speakers at the conference denounced the erosion of freedoms and the advance of technocratic structures detached from citizens.

The speakers at the conference denounced the erosion of freedoms and the advance of technocratic structures detached from citizens.

Our editor-in-chief recently sat down with Václav Klaus to discuss the state of Europe today, whether EU institutions can (or should) be reformed, and why it’s harder today to share heterodox views than it was during communism.

He chose as his theme “Europe as a task,” inspired in an essay by communist resistance leader and first Czechian prime minister Václav Klaus.

Both Prime Minister of Hungary Victor Orbán and former Czech President Václav Klaus expressed appreciation for the sixteen years Merkel gave as German chancellor and a key leader in the European Union.