Havel comes out in support of Martin Bursík’s Greens

Former Czech president Václav Havel has come out in support of the Green Party lead by Martin Bursík, calling the party the authentic and true proponent of green ideals. The Czech Green Party has recently split, with rebel Green MPs now standing for the newly-founded Democratic Green Party in upcoming European elections. On Monday, former president Václav Havel came out in support of Martin Bursík’s Greens, calling the party an alternative to the two main parties in the Czech Parliament, the Social Democrats and the Civic Democrats. Mr Havel said that while the two main parties were very similar in their ‘technocracy’, the Greens were the only party concerned by matters aside from economic growth. These are some of the strongest remarks that Mr Havel has made in favour of one particular political party. The Greens are one of around 30 parties standing for election in June’s European parliamentary vote.