{"id":51829,"date":"2026-03-06T13:16:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theconservative.online\/david-oddsson-in-memoriam"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:16:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:16:26","slug":"david-oddsson-in-memoriam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theconservative.online\/cs\/david-oddsson-in-memoriam","title":{"rendered":"Dav\u00edd Oddsson: In Memoriam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Islandsk\u00fd st\u00e1tn\u00edk Dav\u00edd Oddsson zem\u0159el 1. b\u0159ezna 2026 ve v\u011bku 78 let. Byl nejen zdaleka nejvlivn\u011bj\u0161\u00edm politikem v na\u0161ich d\u011bjin\u00e1ch: Byl tak\u00e9 starostou Reykjav\u00edku, premi\u00e9rem, ministrem zahrani\u010d\u00ed, guvern\u00e9rem islandsk\u00e9 centr\u00e1ln\u00ed banky a \u0161\u00e9fredaktorem den\u00edku <em>Morgunbladid<\/em>. Byl tak\u00e9 m\u00fdm nejlep\u0161\u00edm p\u0159\u00edtelem. Nemohu tedy tvrdit, \u017ee jsem nestrann\u00fd, ale na druhou stranu jsem zauj\u00edmal p\u0159edn\u00ed m\u00edsto v ar\u00e9n\u011b, v n\u00ed\u017e p\u016fsobil, tak\u017ee m\u00e9 post\u0159ehy snad za n\u011bco stoj\u00ed.   <\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David V\u00edt\u011bzn\u00fd<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jak mohl Dav\u00edd \u010dtvrt stolet\u00ed dominovat islandsk\u00e9 politice? Jedno z vysv\u011btlen\u00ed spo\u010d\u00edv\u00e1 ve t\u0159ech p\u0159\u00eddavn\u00fdch jm\u00e9nech: rozhodn\u00fd, odv\u00e1\u017en\u00fd a mazan\u00fd. Jako politik m\u011bl smysl pro spr\u00e1vn\u00e9 na\u010dasov\u00e1n\u00ed. V\u011bd\u011bl, co chce, ale tak\u00e9 vyc\u00edtil, kdy je \u010das. V roce 1982 se stal starostou Reykjav\u00edku po ohromuj\u00edc\u00edm v\u00edt\u011bzstv\u00ed nad sjednocenou islandskou levic\u00ed a b\u011bhem n\u00e1sleduj\u00edc\u00edch dev\u00edti let zlep\u0161il finan\u010dn\u00ed situaci m\u011bsta, zbavil se d\u0159\u00edve p\u0159etrv\u00e1vaj\u00edc\u00edho nedostatku stavebn\u00edch parcel a postavil radnici. Privatizoval ztr\u00e1tov\u00fd M\u011bstsk\u00fd ryb\u00e1\u0159sk\u00fd podnik: radnice pravd\u011bpodobn\u011b nest\u00e1la da\u0148ov\u00e9 poplatn\u00edky Reykjav\u00edku nic, proto\u017ee byla postavena z pen\u011bz, kter\u00e9 se t\u00edm u\u0161et\u0159ily. Dav\u00edd, syn svobodn\u00e9 matky se skromn\u00fdmi prost\u0159edky, si jako student pr\u00e1v p\u0159ivyd\u011bl\u00e1val jako rozhlasov\u00fd komik a jeho vtipnost mu jako starostovi dob\u0159e poslou\u017eila. Kdy\u017e levi\u010d\u00e1ci navrhli, aby byl Reykjav\u00edk vyhl\u00e1\u0161en bezjadernou z\u00f3nou, odpov\u011bd\u011bl, \u017ee je to dobr\u00fd n\u00e1pad, ale mo\u017en\u00e1 by bylo rozumn\u00e9 vyhl\u00e1sit za bezjadernou z\u00f3nu nejprve okrajovou \u010d\u00e1st m\u011bsta, a pokud se to osv\u011bd\u010d\u00ed, tak zbytek m\u011bsta. T\u00edm odhalil hloupost n\u00e1vrhu.        <\/p><div class='related_content'><span>RELATED<\/span><ul><li><a href='https:\/\/www.theconservative.online\/cs\/akta-epstein-andrew-a-island-skutecny-pribeh'>Akta Epstein, Andrew a Island: Skute\u010dn\u00fd p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh<\/li><\/a><li><a href='https:\/\/www.theconservative.online\/cs\/argumenty-pro-a-proti-clenstvi-islandu-v-eu'>Argumenty pro a proti \u010dlenstv\u00ed Islandu v EU<\/li><\/a><li><a href='https:\/\/www.theconservative.online\/cs\/proc-by-nacionaliste-meli-podporovat-globalizaci'>Pro\u010d by nacionalist\u00e9 m\u011bli podporovat globalizaci<\/li><\/a><\/ul><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Z\u00e1konod\u00e1rce David<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Na ja\u0159e 1991 byl Dav\u00edd zvolen p\u0159edsedou Strany nez\u00e1vislosti, konzervativn\u011b-liber\u00e1ln\u00ed strany, kter\u00e1 dlouho dominovala islandsk\u00e9 politice. Kr\u00e1tce nato ji dovedl k v\u00edt\u011bzstv\u00ed v parlamentn\u00edch volb\u00e1ch a vytvo\u0159il koali\u010dn\u00ed vl\u00e1du, nejprve se soci\u00e1ln\u00edmi demokraty, pot\u00e9 s agr\u00e1rn\u00edky. Dav\u00edd\u016fv c\u00edl byl jasn\u00fd: liberalizovat ekonomiku, aby se stala mezin\u00e1rodn\u011b konkurenceschopnou. Zru\u0161il n\u011bkolik fond\u016f, kter\u00e9 podporovaly ztr\u00e1tov\u00e9 podniky, sn\u00ed\u017eil dan\u011b a privatizoval velk\u00e9 i mal\u00e9 st\u00e1tn\u00ed podniky, p\u0159i\u010dem\u017e z\u00edskan\u00e9 prost\u0159edky pou\u017eil na odstran\u011bn\u00ed st\u00e1tn\u00edho dluhu. Sou\u010dasn\u011b pokra\u010doval v d\u0159\u00edv\u011bj\u0161\u00edch iniciativ\u00e1ch a pos\u00edlil jak \u00fa\u010dinn\u00fd syst\u00e9m individu\u00e1ln\u00edch p\u0159evoditeln\u00fdch kv\u00f3t v rybolovu, tak d\u016fchodov\u00fd syst\u00e9m (kter\u00fd je nyn\u00ed pravd\u011bpodobn\u011b nejsolidn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed na sv\u011bt\u011b). V\u00fdsledkem byl rozkv\u011bt ekonomiky. Dav\u00edd tak\u00e9 zavedl mnoho z\u00e1kon\u016f na pot\u00edr\u00e1n\u00ed diskriminace a zneu\u017e\u00edv\u00e1n\u00ed moci. Byl siln\u00fdm zast\u00e1ncem tradi\u010dn\u00edho sbli\u017eov\u00e1n\u00ed Islandu se Spojen\u00fdmi st\u00e1ty a 6. \u010dervence 2004 jsem ho doprov\u00e1zel na setk\u00e1n\u00ed s prezidentem Georgem W. Bushem v Ov\u00e1ln\u00e9 pracovn\u011b B\u00edl\u00e9ho domu, kde jsme Bushovi zazp\u00edvali &#8222;Happy birthday to you, Mr. President&#8220; (p\u0159i t\u00e9 p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitosti byla po\u0159\u00edzena fotografie v\u00fd\u0161e).       <\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dav\u00edd ve finan\u010dn\u00ed krizi<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dav\u00edd na podzim 2004 odstoupil z funkce p\u0159edsedy vl\u00e1dy a po kr\u00e1tk\u00e9m obdob\u00ed ve funkci ministra zahrani\u010d\u00ed se na podzim 2005 stal guvern\u00e9rem islandsk\u00e9 centr\u00e1ln\u00ed banky. Zde narazil na probl\u00e9m. Dobr\u00e1 pov\u011bst, kterou Island z\u00edskal d\u00edky jeho reform\u00e1m, umo\u017enila nov\u011b privatizovan\u00fdm bank\u00e1m z\u00edskat t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 neomezen\u00e9 \u00fav\u011bry v zahrani\u010d\u00ed a obrovskou expanzi, daleko p\u0159esahuj\u00edc\u00ed mo\u017enosti centr\u00e1ln\u00ed banky nebo ministerstva financ\u00ed v p\u0159\u00edpad\u011b krize. V soukrom\u00ed p\u0159ed t\u00edmto nebezpe\u010d\u00edm mnohokr\u00e1t varoval, ale bezv\u00fdsledn\u011b. Na podzim roku 2007 za\u010dala mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed krize likvidity, v n\u00ed\u017e byl Island odk\u00e1z\u00e1n s\u00e1m na sebe. Dav\u00edd se d\u016frazn\u011b postavil proti my\u0161lence pokusit se zachr\u00e1nit banky a po ur\u010dit\u00e9m v\u00e1h\u00e1n\u00ed vl\u00e1da souhlasila. V \u0159\u00edjnu 2008 se cel\u00fd islandsk\u00fd bankovn\u00ed syst\u00e9m zhroutil. Nov\u00e1 levicov\u00e1 vl\u00e1da pova\u017eovala za sv\u016fj prvn\u00ed \u00fakol sesadit Dav\u00edda z \u010dela centr\u00e1ln\u00ed banky, p\u0159esto\u017ee byl t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 jedin\u00fd, kdo p\u0159ed hroz\u00edc\u00edm nebezpe\u010d\u00edm varoval a n\u011bco proti n\u011bmu podnikl. Snad nejlep\u0161\u00edm argumentem pro Dav\u00edd\u016fv liberaliza\u010dn\u00ed program v\u0161ak bylo to, jak rychle se Island zotavil z kolapsu: ekonomika byla v podstat\u011b zdrav\u00e1. Na podzim roku 2009 se Dav\u00edd stal \u0161\u00e9fredaktorem <em>listu Morgunbladid<\/em>, kde svou v\u00fdmluvnost, zku\u0161enosti a d\u016fvtip vyu\u017eil v boji proti levicov\u00fdm pokus\u016fm vyvlastnit ryb\u00e1\u0159sk\u00e9 firmy a p\u0159edat suverenitu Islandu bruselsk\u00fdm byrokrat\u016fm.         <\/p>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islandsk\u00fd st\u00e1tn\u00edk Dav\u00edd Oddsson zem\u0159el 1. b\u0159ezna 2026 ve v\u011bku 78 let. Byl nejen zdaleka nejvlivn\u011bj\u0161\u00edm politikem v na\u0161ich d\u011bjin\u00e1ch: Byl tak\u00e9 starostou Reykjav\u00edku, premi\u00e9rem, ministrem zahrani\u010d\u00ed, guvern\u00e9rem islandsk\u00e9 centr\u00e1ln\u00ed banky a \u0161\u00e9fredaktorem den\u00edku Morgunbladid. Byl tak\u00e9 m\u00fdm nejlep\u0161\u00edm p\u0159\u00edtelem. Nemohu tedy tvrdit, \u017ee jsem nestrann\u00fd, ale na druhou stranu jsem zauj\u00edmal p\u0159edn\u00ed m\u00edsto v [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":51691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1462,181],"tags":[3002,72,2999,3001,3000],"editorial-positions":[],"regions":[344,404],"types":[449],"class_list":["post-51829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-budovani-konzervativni-evropy","category-kultura-cs","tag-2008-financial-crisis","tag-iceland","tag-liberalisation","tag-privatisation","tag-tax-cuts","regions-northern-europe-cs","regions-world-cs","types-opinion-cs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dav\u00edd Oddsson: In Memoriam - The Conservative<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theconservative.online\/cs\/david-oddsson-in-memoriam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"cs_CZ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dav\u00edd Oddsson: In Memoriam - The Conservative\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islandsk\u00fd st\u00e1tn\u00edk Dav\u00edd Oddsson zem\u0159el 1. b\u0159ezna 2026 ve v\u011bku 78 let. 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