Prague, July 14 (CTK) - The mentality of Czechs includes scepticism, tough relativism and a lukewarm approach to issues beyond the everyday horizon, which is why they are never fully loyal to great ideas such as pro-Western orientation or European integration, Stanislav Balik says in weekly Reflex out on Thursday.
Another reason why the Czechs rank among the biggest Eurosceptics is their bad historical experience with various "empires" and their mistrust of them, Balik, a historian and political scientist from Brno's Masaryk University, told Reflex.
He said the Czech political elite is more Eurosceptic than the elites in the neighbouring countries, which makes the disadvantages of EU membership, including seeming ones, a topic the Czech society discusses with an unusual intensity.
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