{"id":43097,"date":"2026-05-07T15:39:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/?p=43097"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:44:49","slug":"a-cheaper-shield-a-deeper-split-taiwans-defense-budget-debate-tests-the-kmt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/a-cheaper-shield-a-deeper-split-taiwans-defense-budget-debate-tests-the-kmt\/","title":{"rendered":"Debata o obrann\u00e9m rozpo\u010dtu testuje tchajwanskou opozici"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"43097\" class=\"elementor elementor-43097\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-564655bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"564655bf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f3e5073\" data-id=\"1f3e5073\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a7aae53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a7aae53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-3a7aae53{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a6b63c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a6b63c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Autor: Grzegorz Zembrzucki<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72dd5e27 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72dd5e27\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10109397\" data-id=\"10109397\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-27d82e22 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27d82e22\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5be6f2b8\" data-id=\"5be6f2b8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27567131 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27567131\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Co se d\u011bje?\u00a0<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Debata na Tchaj-wanu ohledn\u011b navrhovan\u00e9ho zvl\u00e1\u0161tn\u00edho obrann\u00e9ho rozpo\u010dtu st\u00e1le v\u00edce odhaluje <strong>vnit\u0159n\u00ed rozpory uvnit\u0159 Kuomintangu<\/strong> (KMT), hlavn\u00ed opozi\u010dn\u00ed strany. Vl\u00e1da Demokratick\u00e9 pokrokov\u00e9 strany (DPP) pod veden\u00edm prezidenta Laj \u010cching-tea (William Lai, \u8cf4\u6e05\u5fb7) <a href=\"https:\/\/english.president.gov.tw\/News\/7048?utm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">usiluje<\/a> o prosazen\u00ed bal\u00ed\u010deku v hodnot\u011b 1,25 bilionu NT$ (823 mld. K\u010d) na osm let, kter\u00fd m\u00e1 <strong>pos\u00edlit obranyschopnost Tchaj-wanu.<\/strong> Zahrnuje pl\u00e1novan\u00fd <strong>syst\u00e9m protivzdu\u0161n\u00e9 obrany T-Dome, reak\u010dn\u00ed schopnosti vyu\u017e\u00edvaj\u00edc\u00ed um\u011blou inteligenci, n\u00e1kup zbran\u00ed z USA, drony a dom\u00e1c\u00ed zbrojn\u00ed v\u00fdrobu. <\/strong>Laj tento bal\u00ed\u010dek prezentuje jako zp\u016fsob, jak \u201eudr\u017eet m\u00edr silou\u201c a modernizovat tchajwansk\u00fd zbrojn\u00ed pr\u016fmysl.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strana KMT se v\u0161ak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cna.com.tw\/news\/aipl\/202605010027.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zat\u00edm neshodla<\/a> na jednotn\u00e9m stanovisku. Pod veden\u00edm p\u0159edsedkyn\u011b \u010ceng Li-wen (Cheng Li-wun, \u912d\u9e97\u6587) se stranick\u00e9 veden\u00ed p\u0159iklonilo k ni\u017e\u0161\u00ed variant\u011b ve v\u00fd\u0161i <strong>\u201e380 miliard NT$ plus N\u201c<\/strong>, kde \u201eN\u201c ozna\u010duje budouc\u00ed financov\u00e1n\u00ed pot\u00e9, co Tchaj-wan od USA obdr\u017e\u00ed smlouvy o prodeji zbran\u00ed. N\u011bkolik osobnost\u00ed KMT v\u0161ak navrhlo nebo podpo\u0159ilo <strong>alternativu ve v\u00fd\u0161i 800 miliard NT$<\/strong>, v\u010detn\u011b poslankyn\u011b S\u00fc \u010cchiao-xin (Hsu Chiao-hsin, \u5f90\u5de7\u82af) a \u00fadajn\u011b i p\u0159edsedy legislativn\u00edho sboru Chan Kuo-j\u00fca (Han Kuo-yu, \u97d3\u570b\u745c). Na zased\u00e1n\u00ed frakce KMT se <strong>nepoda\u0159ilo dos\u00e1hnout konsensu<\/strong>, \u010d\u00edm\u017e se to, co za\u010dalo jako spor mezi vl\u00e1dou a opozic\u00ed, prom\u011bnilo ve <strong>zjevn\u00fd vnitrostranick\u00fd konflikt.<\/strong><\/p><h2>Jak\u00e9 jsou \u0161ir\u0161\u00ed souvislosti?<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spor o rozpo\u010det odhaluje <strong>hlub\u0161\u00ed strategick\u00e9 dilema<\/strong>, p\u0159ed n\u00edm\u017e KMT stoj\u00ed. Na pap\u00ed\u0159e strana v\u00fddaje na obranu p\u0159\u00edmo neodm\u00edt\u00e1. Jej\u00ed ofici\u00e1ln\u00ed argument zn\u00ed, \u017ee vl\u00e1da DPP by <strong>nem\u011bla dostat bianco \u0161ek <\/strong>a \u017ee finan\u010dn\u00ed prost\u0159edky by m\u011bly b\u00fdt v\u00e1z\u00e1ny na potvrzen\u00e9 z\u00e1vazky USA ohledn\u011b dod\u00e1vek. Takto KMT zast\u00e1v\u00e1 <strong>fisk\u00e1ln\u011b konzervativn\u00ed postoj:<\/strong> strana je pro obranu, ale proti tomu, co popisuje jako nedostate\u010dn\u011b kontrolovateln\u00e9 v\u00fddaje.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Z politick\u00e9ho hlediska se v\u0161ak tato linie stala t\u011b\u017eko udr\u017eitelnou. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/us-presses-taiwan-parliament-pass-comprehensive-defence-budget-2026-04-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tlak ze strany USA<\/strong><\/a> zv\u00fd\u0161il s\u00e1zky. Raymond Greene, \u0159editel Americk\u00e9ho institutu na Tchaj-wanu (de facto velvyslanectv\u00ed Washingtonu), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/taiwan\/archives\/2026\/04\/27\/2003856331\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vyzval<\/a> tchajwansk\u00fd legislativn\u00ed sbor, aby schv\u00e1lil \u201e<strong>komplexn\u00ed\u201c rozpo\u010dtov\u00fd bal\u00ed\u010dek<\/strong>, a varoval, \u017ee integrovan\u00e9 syst\u00e9my protivzdu\u0161n\u00e9 a protiraketov\u00e9 obrany, drony a dal\u0161\u00ed kl\u00ed\u010dov\u00e9 kapacity jsou na celosv\u011btov\u00e9m trhu velmi \u017e\u00e1dan\u00e9. V praxi by tak zpo\u017ed\u011bn\u00ed rozpo\u010dtu mohlo zp\u016fsobit, \u017ee se Tchaj-wan ve front\u011b na dod\u00e1vky zbran\u00ed posune na hor\u0161\u00ed m\u00edsto.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To postavilo poslance KMT do <strong>nep\u0159\u00edjemn\u00e9 situace<\/strong>. Viditeln\u011b ni\u017e\u0161\u00ed rozpo\u010dtov\u00fd strop sice m\u016f\u017ee stran\u011b pomoci v <strong>\u00fatoku na DPP z fisk\u00e1ln\u00edho hlediska<\/strong>, ale z\u00e1rove\u0148 vystavuje KMT <strong>obvin\u011bn\u00edm, \u017ee oslabuje odstra\u0161uj\u00edc\u00ed schopnosti Tchaj-wanu.<\/strong>To je obzvl\u00e1\u0161t\u011b citliv\u00e9 pro poslance, kte\u0159\u00ed maj\u00ed ambice v\u00a0komun\u00e1ln\u00edch volb\u00e1ch a <strong>necht\u011bj\u00ed b\u00fdt <\/strong>vzhledem k s\u00edl\u00edc\u00edmu vojensk\u00e9mu tlaku ze strany \u010c\u00edny<strong> vn\u00edm\u00e1ni v ot\u00e1zk\u00e1ch obrany jako m\u011bkc\u00ed<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Vnit\u0159n\u00ed nap\u011bt\u00ed<\/strong> se nejjasn\u011bji projevilo, kdy\u017e m\u00edstop\u0159edseda KMT \u0164i Lin-lien (Chi Lin-lien, \u5b63\u9e9f\u9023), gener\u00e1l ve v\u00fdslu\u017eb\u011b, \u00fadajn\u011b <a href=\"https:\/\/news.pts.org.tw\/article\/806038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">navrhl<\/a>, aby byl Chan Kuo-j\u00fc (Han Kuo-yu, \u97d3\u570b\u745c) <strong>vylou\u010den ze strany<\/strong>, pokud podpo\u0159\u00ed vy\u0161\u0161\u00ed rozpo\u010det. P\u0159edsedkyn\u011b KMT \u010ceng se sna\u017eila dopady t\u00e9to situace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ettoday.net\/news\/20260504\/3159746.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zm\u00edrnit<\/a> a uvedla, \u017ee tyto z\u00e1le\u017eitost by si m\u011bli \u0164i a Chan vy\u0159e\u0161it osobn\u011b. Polo\u017eila \u0159e\u010dnickou ot\u00e1zku, zda je Chan opravdu tak \u201ek\u0159ehk\u00fd\u201c, \u017ee by ho jedna v\u011bta mohla zranit. Tato reakce v\u0161ak kontroverzi neukon\u010dila. \u010cao \u0160ao-kchang (Jaw Shaw-kong, \u8d99\u5c11\u5eb7), kandid\u00e1t KMT na viceprezidenta v roce 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ltn.com.tw\/news\/politics\/breakingnews\/5422243\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>kritizoval<\/strong><\/a><strong> veden\u00ed strany za to, \u017ee ho pok\u00e1ralo<\/strong> pot\u00e9, co pouk\u00e1zal stranickou nejednotnost v ot\u00e1zce rozpo\u010dtu. Jak \u010cao poznamenal, stalo se tak pot\u00e9, co se nepoda\u0159ilo potrestat \u0164iho za \u00fatok na Chana.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spor se tak ji\u017e <strong>net\u00fdk\u00e1 pouze \u010d\u00edsel<\/strong>. Jde tak\u00e9 o to, <strong>kdo v ot\u00e1zk\u00e1ch n\u00e1rodn\u00ed bezpe\u010dnosti <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fountmedia.io\/article\/315332\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>hovo\u0159\u00ed<\/strong><\/a><strong> jm\u00e9nem KMT<\/strong>: \u00fast\u0159ed\u00ed strany, poslaneck\u00fd klub, Chan jako p\u0159edseda parlamentu, strani\u010dt\u00ed veter\u00e1ni s vazbami na arm\u00e1du, nebo vlivn\u00e9 osobnosti, jako je \u010cao. Koment\u00e1to\u0159i naklon\u011bn\u00ed KMT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.storm.mg\/article\/11127210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">varuj\u00ed<\/a>, \u017ee strana riskuje <strong>nar\u016fstaj\u00edc\u00ed ned\u016fv\u011bru ve\u0159ejnosti ve svou obrannou politiku<\/strong>, pokud bude p\u016fsobit dojmem, \u017ee jej\u00ed jedn\u00e1n\u00ed definuje pouze prvopl\u00e1novit\u00e9 negov\u00e1n\u00ed politiky DPP, tlaky ze strany USA a vnit\u0159n\u00ed frak\u010dn\u00ed boje.<\/p><h2>Pro\u010d je to d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e9?<\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Debata o tchajwansk\u00e9m rozpo\u010dtu na obranu je nyn\u00ed <strong>zkou\u0161kou politick\u00e9 d\u016fv\u011bryhodnosti stejn\u011b jako vojensk\u00e9ho pl\u00e1nov\u00e1n\u00ed.<\/strong> Pro Lajovu vl\u00e1du by byl bal\u00ed\u010dek ve v\u00fd\u0161i 1,25 bilionu NT$ uk\u00e1zkou odhodl\u00e1n\u00ed, urychlil by budov\u00e1n\u00ed schopnost\u00ed v oblasti asymetrick\u00e9 a protivzdu\u0161n\u00e9 obrany a vyslal by sm\u011brem k Washingtonu sign\u00e1l o tchajwansk\u00e9 seri\u00f3znosti. Pro KMT je v\u00fdzva slo\u017eit\u011bj\u0161\u00ed: <strong>mus\u00ed prok\u00e1zat rozpo\u010dtovou odpov\u011bdnost, ani\u017e by p\u016fsobila lhostejn\u011b <\/strong>k vojensk\u00e9 hrozb\u011b ze strany \u010c\u00edny nebo pohrdav\u011b k obav\u00e1m USA.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tato ud\u00e1lost tak\u00e9 ukazuje, \u017ee tchajwanskou obrannou politiku nelze zredukovat na jednoduch\u00e9 rozd\u011blen\u00ed na zast\u00e1nce a odp\u016frce obrany. Vnit\u0159n\u00ed debata v KMT odr\u00e1\u017e\u00ed <strong>nap\u011bt\u00ed<\/strong> mezi <strong>stranickou discipl\u00ednou<\/strong> a <strong>legislativn\u00ed autonomi\u00ed<\/strong>, <strong>ideologick\u00fdmi postoji a volebn\u00edm pragmatismem<\/strong>, <strong>skepticismem v\u016f\u010di DPP<\/strong> a <strong>pot\u0159ebou udr\u017eovat funk\u010dn\u00ed vztahy<\/strong> s Washingtonem.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pro evropsk\u00e9 pozorovatele je pou\u010den\u00ed \u0161ir\u0161\u00ed. Odstra\u0161uj\u00edc\u00ed schopnosti Tchaj-wanu z\u00e1vis\u00ed <strong>nejen na jeho zbra\u0148ov\u00fdch syst\u00e9mech,<\/strong> ale tak\u00e9 na tom, <strong>zda demokratick\u00e9 instituce dok\u00e1\u017e\u00ed pod tlakem d\u011blat stabiln\u00ed, d\u016fv\u011bryhodn\u00e1 a v\u010dasn\u00e1 rozhodnut\u00ed.<\/strong> Sou\u010dasn\u00e1 patov\u00e1 situace kolem rozpo\u010dtu nazna\u010duje, \u017ee nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed slabost\u00ed Tchaj-wanu nemus\u00ed b\u00fdt nedostatek strategick\u00e9ho pov\u011bdom\u00ed, ale <strong>obt\u00ed\u017enost p\u0159eveden\u00ed \u0161irok\u00e9ho konsenzu v oblasti bezpe\u010dnosti<\/strong> do politicky <strong>udr\u017eiteln\u00e9 obrann\u00e9 politiky.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: by Grzegorz Zembrzucki Autor: Grzegorz Zembrzucki What is happening? The debate with Taiwan over a proposed special defense budget is increasingly exposing cleavages within the Kuomintang (KMT), the main opposition party. 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