Sonia replied to a question about the Volcker controversy saying that I had ‘misused the name of the party and I felt extremely betrayed. [...] He was a colleague in whom I had placed trust and I felt very terribly betrayed.’** My wife and I, when watching both interviews on TV, were amazed. While I was still a minister without portfolio, the President hosted a dinner for the Czech President, in which I was seated next to Sonia. She did not say a word to me throughout the dinner. Strangely, she did not say a word to the chief guest, who was sitting on the other side, either!
