Civic Democrats debate election strategy

The centre-right Civic Democrats are meeting to outline their strategy and select candidates for the Senate and local elections due to take place in the autumn.

At the start of the party’s weekend conference in Libeznice near Prague, party leader Petr Fiala said it was vitally important to prevent extremists and populists getting the upper hand in the Senate.

The Senate must perform its role in the system of checks and balances in order to counterbalance the actions of the undeclared coalition of ANO, the Communists and Freedom and Direct Democracy Party, Fiala said.