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Ten myths about the Czech Republic’s accession to the European Union
When in 1989 we called "Back to Europe!," we meant to free ourselves from the bounds of the Asian culture represented by the former Russian ruler over our sovereignty and to rejoin the democratic and capitalist Western Europe. Few years later, with the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty, the European Union was established. We took it for granted that "Back to Europe!" now referred to joining the European Union. We pledged an official application in Brussels and began to amend our laws according to the European legislation. Slowly, we started to realize that the European Union was not the ideal to which we wanted to return. We started to have doubts. The European bureaucracy and European directives and regulations cannot be regarded as arguments in favour of joining the club. In spite of this, a vast majority of politicians still try to convince us that there is no reason for refusing to join the EU. Not only they use our tax money to fund the campaign persuading us about the necessity of entering the EU, but they also use many misleading arguments or myths for the purpose.
Ing. Petr Mach, PhD