iDnes: Greens backing economist Svejnar as presidential candidate

The Green Party is planning to put forward the renowned economist Jan Svejnar as a candidate for presidential elections next February, the iDnes news website reported. It appears that Mr Svejnar has accepted the idea of standing, though the Greens would have to win the support of the opposition Social Democrats for his candidature, which could be difficult. The only candidate so far is the incumbent, Vaclav Klaus; the former prime minister has been Czech president since 2003.