Czechs to go to polls on May 28-29

President Václav Klaus has scheduled this year’s national election for May 28-29, the last possible date to hold elections for the next government’s four-year term. The document calling the election signed by Mr Klaus was also signed by the country’s prime minister, Jan Fischer, whose caretaker government has led the country since last year, after the centre-right coalition of the Civic Democrats, Christian Democrats and the Greens was toppled in a no-confidence vote. The next government will face tackling the increasing deficit as well as steering the Czech Republic to eventual adoption of the euro. Current polls put the Social Democrats as the front-runners ahead of the election, but no party is expected to win an outright majority.