Czech prime minister’s comments inspired by AC/DC

Ousted Czech prime minister and EU president Mirek Topolanek says his description of Barack Obama’s stimulus plan as a “road to hell” was, in typical Czech fashion, inspired by a hard rock show: “AC/DC played here (in Prague) last week. And their cult song ‘Highway to Hell’ might have led me in that very improvised ...

By , a former associate editor at Foreign Policy.
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Ousted Czech prime minister and EU president Mirek Topolanek says his description of Barack Obama's stimulus plan as a "road to hell" was, in typical Czech fashion, inspired by a hard rock show:

Ousted Czech prime minister and EU president Mirek Topolanek says his description of Barack Obama’s stimulus plan as a “road to hell” was, in typical Czech fashion, inspired by a hard rock show:

“AC/DC played here (in Prague) last week. And their cult song ‘Highway to Hell’ might have led me in that very improvised speech to use the phrase ‘road to hell’,” Topolanek was quoted by daily Lidovy Noviny as saying on Friday.

Tom Stoppard would be proud.

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Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating

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