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English Pages, 25. 6. 1998

1.

It is a very refreshing experience to be here at the AEI World Forum (and at this beautiful place) after several weeks or months of dramatic campaigning in the Czech parliamentary elections.

In the last four weeks I gave more than 100 public speeches or presentations, and the results are not that bad. The Czech Republic is the only post-communist country where the leftist parties have not yet won the elections – even if the attacks from the left were very aggressive, especially this time.

I will try to use my three days here for seeing our current post-election turmoil at a distance and to get from you a new ammunition for my arguments in debates with those who want to suppress our new, young, still immature freedom, democracy, and free market economy.

2.

It is difficult to speak after Lady Thatcher.

It was Margaret Thatcher who changed the world, who co-init