A series. In my speech, i quoted several times from the famous address to the u. S. Congress of 1990. In february, 1990. That you willve not mind if i use the same address of the czechoslovakian president as my inspiration today, as well. He spoke about his vision of built onhich should be the foundations of general respect for human rights, pluralism, and freedom of choice. During and which orders will play a lesser and lesser role. Until they become needed no more. His vision saw this comment at the end of his life already. Onlye gains stability, not in the central and eastern countries, but also in the west balkans, which saw a lot of bloodshed in the 90s. The area which makes it possible to travel freely throughout the eu finally spread the total of 26 member states. Unfortunately, as i said once before, none of these achievements is a matter of course. This fact has been revealed quite clearly. Europe today struggles with problems on many fronts. The greek debt crisis, the illegal
Late president was assuming the leadership of then czechoslovakia. Prime minister sobotka participated in that renewal of the czech social democratic activities in berno and the vishco district. He is the founder of the young foundedemocrats that he in 1990. In 1996, he was elected for the first time to the chamber of deputies as the social democratic candidate from the south bohemian region. He has been reelected to the 2006,on in 1998, 2002, and 2010. Has 1998 until 2010, he been a leader of the social democratic movement. He served as the minister of finance. He has served as the deputy Prime Minister. Has been the chairman of the Budget Committee of the chamber of deputies and the vice ssd. Man of the ch he has headed committees of the parliament, assumed his position as chairman of the cssd in march 2011 as we are in the american political season and getting ready for our conventions, i visibly remember while serving as ambassador, attending the all of the political conventions ,
Talking about moving Hazardous Materials across the country, the backyards, the main streets of america, both the railroad and Petroleum Industries have been given a public trust, and complying with regulations is not enough. Safety is our ultimate goal. Absolutely, we think it is great when Industries Come together and agree on a cooperative, collaborative basis to take steps that have not yet put into regulations. Do you feel that the railroads negotiated in good faith during the voluntary negotiations that took place . I have no reason to view anything otherwise. I guess i would ask administrate er do you support the voluntary agreement with the railroads with regard to the speed reduction. We all want safety. Thats the number one concern. We all want that. We want to make sure that the tank cars that are being refitted, possibly, and i know theres some railroads that are taking the lead on that in trying to move forward to make sure that we move certain materials in the most safe w
Convention was the same challenge that were trying to address. Weve got to connect better, be more relevant and reach the citizens. We wrote the script essentially back then and were still trying to find ways that can do it. So theres no difficulty we can always stand up and give the speeches about ideally the way europe needs to go forward, balancing this and that, and so on. But actually the challenge for us to do it this time is what is so huge. Let me reecho peters plug on that. There may be some shortterm complications, as there are here in the United States because of the midterm elections. Essentially, its the response to that big question of how we try to channel globalization and the u. S. And europe have huge responsibilities there. Because a winwin thats fair and balanced and seems thats what is needed. I think an intelligent, fair, balanced tip is part of the answer rather than the problem. Thank you very much, ann. I think well go now to a little bit of a question and answ
The Czech Republic has signalled its support for new rounds of European Union enlargement, as the country prepares to mark 20 years since its own accession to the bloc. Enlargement is a "geostrategic necessity," said Czech President Petr Pavel on Tuesday at a press conference in Prague, together with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. "If we leave the Western Balkan states, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia on the doorstep for too long, we will leave them at the mercy of actors like Russia, wh