Christian Democrats to elect new leadership

The Christian Democrats, one of the parties in the ruling coalition, is due to elect a new leadership at an election conference in Ostrava at the weekend. Party leader, Labour and Social Affairs Minister Marian Jurečka will run for reelection unchallenged. The conference will also vote on changes to the party statutes, discuss the party’s policy priorities and prepare a strategy for campaigning in the Senate and local elections due to take place in the autumn.