New book critical of Klaus years

Well-known political analyst Jiří Pehe – a former advisor to Václav Havel – has launched a new book analyzing the career of Václav Klaus as finance minister, prime minister and the country’s president. Sub-titled ‘A Portrait of a Politician in 20 Acts’, the book was presented at a Prague cafe on Friday. At the launch, Mr Pehe admitted he took a critical view of the president, but nevertheless described Klaus as a key figure. In the book, the author suggests that the president had lost momentum in recent years, focussing overly on his own career.