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Jiří Hanák on the Czechs' anniversaries

The Czechs have three reasons to celebrate this year, Jiří Hanák points out in the leftist daily Právo: 20 years ago they overcame communism, 10 years ago they became a member of Nato and 5 years ago they joined the EU. "The first event put us back on the European stage; the second guaranteed our security and thanks to the third we experienced an economic boom, notwithstanding the current crisis. But amidst all the celebrations we should remember that we played a rather passive role in these happy events. The 'Velvet Revolution' fell into our lap because the Soviet empire collapsed economically. It certainly wasn't due to our military qualities that we became a member of Nato. And the EU's admission of eight poor post-communist countries into its fold was to a certain extent an act of charity. … We are earning our place in Nato with the deployment of our troops abroad, but things look less positive as far as our attitude towards the EU is concerned. Prime Minister [Mirek] Topolánek is basking in the glory of being the current holder of the EU presidency and even scoring points at home with this. But at the same time his conservative party is busy making sure we become a second-class member of the Community."

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