Celebrating greater Hungary-Czech friendship

Day 554, 01:52 Published in Czech Republic Czech Republic by Ceska Narodni Banka

Dear Czech Citizens,

Today marks an important step forward in the security of Czech Republic. I would like to thank congress for putting their trust in my judgement and endorsing the MPP with Hungary.

This was not an easy decision. There is some bad blood and bad history between our nations. But things have changed. Hungary was a young nation, it needed time to mature. Its actions in Europe can wholly be understood in the context of their rivalry with Romania. There was an attempt by Hungarians to TO the country, but in fairness the Hungary government opposed this. As we saw from the effort in Spain - if Hungary had wanted to TO Czech Republic it could have done so easily.

Now I recognise that there are many respected citizens who feel that this MPP was the wrong decision. I would like to appeal to you to now work within this new framework of relations. Your warnings and concerns have been well heeded and we enter this new relationship with our eyes wide open.

In this action Czech Republic has looked to her own security. We have not 'picked sides' in any current war. We shall continue to seek stronger relations with all countries in Europe. In the firey debate of this MPP some harsh things have been said about Poland, Sweden and Hungary. I hope that citizens having vented their concerns can now look to use kinder words in respect of all of these countries. In Hungary and Poland we have natural allies and we should not seek to alienate them.

Franz Kafka
President