Bursik calls for dissolution of three-party coalition

In related news, the Christian Democrats have made clear that while they preferred continued coalition cooperation with the Civic Democrats and the Greens to find a way out of the post-election stalemate, the Civic Democrats under Mirek Topolanek should be allowed to explore a number of ways out of the political crisis. The Christian Democrats' Miroslav Kalousek told reporters that his party "wanted to contribute to the quickest possible and most effective solution".

By comparison, following Mr Topolanek's meeting with the president, the Green Party's Martin Bursik at a press conference called on the other parties to now meet to officially dissolve their coalition. Mr Bursik said that following developments the project "no longer made sense", stressing that it was now important to negotiate terms for early elections.