Czech president wants to call for reason in attitude to climate

Czech president Vaclav Klaus has written to the opposition leader Jiri Paroubek, saying that he wouldn't advocate extremist views at the UN conference on climate change next week but he would "call for reason and serious attitude." Former Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek urged Mr Klaus in an open letter not to present his private opinion on climate change, as they could be interpreted as the official stand of the Czech Republic. Vaclav Klaus said he wanted to warn against ill-considered campaigns and fashionable rumours since they imply measures that can fatally harm human freedom and affect the world economy.