New opinion poll puts opposition social Democrats in front

A newly released opinion poll by the Median polling agency indicates the opposition Social Democrats have the support of 33.3% Czechs, while the governing Civic Democrats enjoys 30.3% support. The figures suggest a slight loss of support for the Social Democrats on the previous month’s figures. According to Median, the Communists are in third place with 14.9%, the Greens have 8.8% and the Christian Democrats have 6.8% support. These figures are likely to worry the Christian Democrats most, as they are hovering close to the 5% threshold required for a political party to attain seats in parliament. The next scheduled parliamentary elections are in 2010, although any number of factors could result in early elections being called.