Civic Democrats to debate ways of renewing public trust

The leadership of the ruling Civic Democratic Party is due to meet on Monday to debate ways of renewing public trust in the face of dwindling support. The party has been steadily losing public support throughout its time in office and opinion surveys now indicate that if elections were held today it would only stand to win between 9 and 16 percent of votes, coming in fourth after the Social Democrats, TOP 09 and the Communist Party. Critics say its drop in popularity is due to the party’s inability to communicate the need for painful fiscal reforms.