Financial Times columnist compares Klaus to Švejk

A columnist writing a blog on the Financial Times website has compared the current Czech president to the tragic-comical and iconic fictional character of the Good Soldier Švejk. In the article, the columnist sought to frame the Czech president's mindset, dismissing comparisons with figures such as Jan Hus, Jan Palach or Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. Instead, the writer argued “…in his quirky defiance of authority, in his sense of solidarity with little players against big, and even in the shape of his head, Klaus is really a 21st century version of the Good Soldier Svejk.” The author was specifically relating to the Czech president’s approach to the EU.