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The leader of the Christian Democratic Party Marian Jurečka has said he will run for reelection to the party’s top post at the party’s election conference in Olomouc in two weeks’ time. His main rival for the post will be  Agriculture Minister Marek Výborný, who confirmed his candidacy on Thursday. Marek Výborný led the Christian Democrats, who are a member of the SPOLU coalition in the Fiala government, for less than a year from 2018 to 2019, but left the post after the sudden death of his wife, so as to take care of his three children. Jurečka has led the Christian Democrats since 2020 and faces criticism for the party's dwindling popularity. Commentators say the choice of leader will decide the party’s fate in next year’s general elections.

According to the Board of the Czech National Bank, there is still a risk of accelerating inflation in the Czech Republic, especially given the growth in the price of services and the rising costs of real estate and rents in Czechia.

Governor Aleš Michl also identified an increase in the state budget deficit as a risk that could lead to an acceleration in inflation. On Tuesday, the lower house of Parliament approved an amendment to this year's budget that increases the deficit by CZK 30 billion to CZK 282 billion. In August, annual inflation was 2.2 percent.

Last week, six of the seven members of the bank's board backed a quarter percentage point cut in the key interest rate to 4.25 per cent.

Prime Minister Petr Fiala (Civic Democratic Party) will meet on Friday with the Mayors and Independents Party candidate for Minister for Regional Development, Petr Kulhánek. Following the meeting, Fiala may submit a proposal to President Petr Pavel to appoint Kulhánek as Minister for Regional Development and Lukáš Vlček as Minister of Industry. Vlček is set to replace Jozef Síkela, who is moving to the European Commission. The president is expected to meet both candidates on Monday and appoint them on Tuesday. With the general elections taking place next year, this government reshuffle gained importance and media attention in the past few weeks.

The leadership of the Mayors and Independents Party has nominated outgoing Karlovy Vary Region governor Petr Kulhánek to head the Ministry for Regional Development. This decision was made during a meeting in the Chamber of Deputies. The ministerial post became vacant after Ivan Bartoš (Pirates) was dismissed on September 30 due to issues with the digitalization of construction processes, following a proposal by Prime Minister Petr Fiala (Civic Democratic Party). The Pirates, viewing Bartoš's dismissal as a breach of the coalition agreement, left the government, and the ministry was allocated to Mayors and Independents Party. Kulhánek is set to meet with Prime Minister Fiala on Friday and with President Petr Pavel on Monday, along with Lukáš Vlček, the same party's nominee for the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Both are expected to be appointed by the president on Tuesday morning.