EP candidate Nerudová officially joins Mayors and Independents

Former Czech presidential candidate Danuše Nerudová has joined the Mayors and Independents (STAN) party, for whom she is running as a candidate in the European Parliament elections, the head of the party Vít Rakušan announced on Monday. Up until now Nerudová was not a member of the party despite being their lead candidate for the EP elections. The STAN leadership decided to admit the former rector of Brno's Mendel University into the party on Sunday.

Nerudová said her joining STAN now was not an empty gesture, but rather a decision that arose from their shared values and from getting to know the party's politicians better.