No, the bill’s not as described.
Yes.things have gotten worse here. Some government oddicial is involved in more aspects of our life than ever. But viewing it from overseas it must look worse than it is.
Not ironic to me at all. Freedoms are new in the Czech Republic, old in America- and familiarity breeds contempt (sigh...).
A good observation about freedoms being new here in the Czech Republic.
Historically, since the end of WW1, there have been three periods of freedom: the First Republic, 1918-1938, the Second Republic, 1945-1948, and now the Third Republic, 1990-current. As a result, the Czechs guard their freedoms more jealously. The current President, Vaclav Klaus is a noted euroskeptic, and the current coalition is slightly euroskeptic as well. I would say the vast majority of Czechs, regardless of left or right, have no desire to be governed by an anonymous pencil-pusher from Brussels. Czechs like the idea of the EU as a financial confederation, and support the Schengen treaty, but when it comes to political union, that’s where they’d the line.
Like you said, familiarity breeds contempt, sad to say.