Caretaker government resigns

President Václav Klaus on Friday accepted the formal resignation of Prime Minister Jan Fischer’s caretaker government and asked the cabinet to remain in office until a new administration is in place. Three parties – the Civic Democrats, TOP09 and Public Affairs – are in talks to form a centre-right coalition and are expected to wrap up negotiations in mid-July. Prime Minister Fischer’s caretaker government has been in office since May 2009 after a previous right-of-centre government was toppled in a no-confidence vote.