Christian Democratic Party leadership reverses decision on Kalousek

The leadership of the Christian Democratic Party has reversed a decision from earlier this week which called for Miroslav Kalousek to be replaced as the country’s finance minister. Now members of the party have indicated they want all of their ministers to stay on in the cabinet. The news comes just days before a cabinet reshuffle is to be announced by the prime minister. Earlier this week, he made clear he no longer wanted the Christian Democrat leader Jiří Čunek to stay on as the minister for regional development. But it is thought that replacing Mr Čunek could spur the Christian Democrats to quit the already fragile government. The Christian Democrats on Friday announced the forming of a new four-person team to negotiate with the prime minister on the planned reshuffle.