Former Green leader to form own party

Former leader of the Green Party Martin Bursík has announced plans to form a new political group. Mr Bursík, who left the Greens because he objected to the party’s shift to the left, said the new grouping would be called the Liberal-Environmental Party; among those working to establish the new group is former environment minister Ladislav Miko, civic activist Matěj Hollan, film director Olga Sommerová and environmentalist Ivan Rynda.