iDNES: Topolanek does not want Greens' candidate Luzny as Education Minister

Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek does not support Dusan Luzny's bid to become the Czech Republic's next Education Minister, reported the iDNES news website on Wednesday. Mr. Topolanek objects to Dusan Luzny's candidature on the grounds that he was the second-in-command at the Education Ministry when it failed to secure over 60 billion CZK (3 billion USD) worth of EU funds, in a mix-up which later caused the then Education Minister, Dana Kuchtova, to resign. Dusan Luzny is the Green Party's chosen candidate to succeed Dana Kuchtova as Education Minister, but his candidature does not have to support of Prime Minister Topolanek, who today told journalists that 'a complete break from the past' was needed at the ministry. Mr. Luzny is also lacking the support of other prominent members of the coalition parties - on Wednesday, senior Christian Democrat Michaela Sojdrova said that she could not support his bid for the ministry as he had been a member of the Communist Party under the last regime.