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They are like chalk and cheese, but once again Václav Klaus and Václav Havel share headlines in the Czech press. While the President continues to block ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, his predecessor has announced that he is to make a film. "I'll have the last word," runs [Lidové Noviny](http://www.lidovky.cz/klaus-chce-o-lisabonske-smlouve-rozhodnout-jako-posledni-v-eu-p61-/ln_domov.asp?c=A090623_182939_ln_domov_ani) on its front page, explaining that Klaus plans be the last leader in Europe to sign the troubled text despite its having been approved by parliament in May. Further on, Lidové acclaims "[Director Havel](http://www.lidovky.cz/havel-filmarem-dramatik-a-exprezident-se-pousti-do-nove-role-prp-/ln_kultura.asp?c=A090624_090338_ln_kultura_jk)", as the playwright cum politician gets ready to adapt his latest play Odcházení (Leaving) for the screen. His wife, the actress Dagmar Havlová will play the leading role in a poetically absurd drama, which deals with the question of freedom and the human void. A return "to the beginning of his career, when he dreamed of becoming a director," the Czech daily remarks.
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