President Klaus nominated for European Citizenship Prize

Two MEPs have nominated Czech President Václav Klaus for the European Citizenship Prize awarded by the European Parliament. Czech MEP Jana Bobošíková and Danish MEP Hanne Dahl from the Independence and Democracy faction submitted the proposal on Thursday. Ms. Bobošíkova said Mr. Klaus had been nominated “for his struggle for democracy in Europe and an extremely responsible approach to the defense of free and fair democratic discussion”.