All four major Czech newspapers have the headline on the frontpage today: Klaus has won over Europe or Klaus has defeated Europe (Brussels). Even the same headline has also newspaper where I am employed, I would strongly disagree with this interpretation. All the Europe plus Czech voters were blackmailed by president who used and misused political stalemate in our country to push through the idea which does not have support among majority of Czech voters. Klaus defeated mainly the rest of Czech politicians.

They elected their MPs and Senators who ratified treaty with European charter of fundamental rights included. One guy, who was elected by the mishmash election by these MPs and Senators (nobody clearly knows today, what kind of strange deals were behind his election), has decided to opt-out of the charter and has used case of Sudeten German property as tool to achieve that - play at sensitive historical issue as well as at nerves of leading EU politicians.

Now Czechs are our of charter, which according to some experts anyway does not mean too much in comparison with similar Czech document - only Czechs now could not raise their cases towards European court in Luxembourg (as explanation goes).

One of my colleagues has said that Czech Republic has achieved almost nothing with use of nuclear weapon threat.

Damage is done. Elected Czech political leaders have emptyed space for President, whose influence - since he was involved in government fall in March - is growing, he is occupying more and more public space and influencing more and more political and other decisions, even he and his small team in Prague’s castle seem to be more and more isolated. This is very dangerous side of Czech democracy being in limbo.