- President Petr Pavel supported the cohesion and common values of the Czechs.
- He appealed to listen to young people and involve them in decision-making.
- He emphasized the importance of monitoring the government’s actions for the preservation of democracy.
- He praised the Czech Republic as a safe country that is active in charity.
- He urged residents to trust, eliminate conflicts and have a healthy perspective.
Czech President Petr Pavel in his New Year’s speech, he urged people not to waste energy on conflicts that will not bring anything, but, on the contrary, to look for what they have in common. He appealed for greater cohesion and emphasized the role of young people in society, who, according to him, should be given more space in decision-making.
At the same time, he would like the Czechs to trust each other more. In Thursday’s speech as well emphasized that he will be interested in whether the government is taking steps that would threaten the democracy and security of the Czech Republic, reports TASR correspondent in Prague.
“In accordance with the presidential promise, I will always be interested in whether the government and individual ministers fulfill their promise and whether they do not take steps that may threaten our democracy, its institutions, our security or belonging to the free world,” the president pointed out.
According to him, the Czech Republic is one of the safest countries in the world, and also one of the most generous when it comes to charity. He recalled examples of successful Czechs in science, sports and business. However, according to him, the Czechs sometimes let their tendency to dissatisfaction spoil everything good. He emphasized that they should trust each other more and also trust each other.
He also touched on the topic of a divided society, in which, according to him, Czechs waste their energy on conflicts from which nothing useful comes.. He emphasized that the revival of trust in society cannot be expected from politicians. According to him, politics is based on a clash of opinions, and a dispute is the easiest way to take an interest in it.
“May each of us manage not to succumb to populism. May each of us manage to raise his eyes from the extremes he sees daily on social networks and look at things around him more soberly and judiciously. Then he will see that we all desire very similar things… It does not make sense for disagreement to become the motto of our country. On the contrary, we should try much harder to re-name what we have in common.” pointed out Pavel.
In speech too he highlighted the generation of young people who, according to him, are not indifferent to what is happening in society. “Let’s listen to the young, let’s give them space to come up with ideas, but also the opportunity to make decisions,” he appealed to his peers. Until 2026, he denied people a healthy optimistic view of the world and as little unnecessary skepticism as possible.
