In Prague, Europe is often far away

Twenty years after the 'return to Europe' championed by former President Václav Havel, who died on the 18 December 2011, the debate about the Czech Republic's relationship with the EU is dominated by two political camps that are both devoid of real ideas about the union's future.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Hero of velvet revolution Václav Havel dies http://www.europeansources.info/record/hero-of-velvet-revolution-vaclav-havel-dies/

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