Praising the late Czech president for his courage in the fight against communism, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said that Havel's name will remain forever "synonymous with the successful struggle for freedom in Central and Eastern Europe and the reunification of Europe".
Pohvalivši pokojnog češkog predsednika za njegovu hrabrost u borbi protiv komunizma, visoka predstavnica za spoljnu politiku EU Ketrin Ešton rekla je da će Havelovo ime zauvek ostati „sinonim uspešne borbe za slobodu u centralnoj i istočnoj Evropi i ponovo ujedinjene Evrope“.