Head of Public Affairs signals support for right-of-center coalition

Following a meeting between the negotiating teams of the Public Affairs party and the Civic Democrats on Monday, the head of the former, Radek John, signaled his support for a three-party right-of-center coalition. He added that forming a government with the Social Democrats would involve seeking support from the Communist Party, which Public Affairs considers unacceptable. Mr John said that nonetheless, negotiations with the Civic Democrats and TOP 09 would be very difficult.