Prime Minister Gross wins support of majority of party colleagues

Prime Minister and acting chairman of the Social Democrats Stanislav Gross will most likely be elected party leader at the next congress in March. The Social Democrats, the main ruling coalition party, held conferences in the country's thirteen districts, this weekend, to discuss their party's future and assess who will most likely be in the leadership. Mr Gross won the support of his colleagues in ten districts, while his competitor Transport Minister Zdenek Skromach only won the support of the Social Democrats in the Moravian town Zlin.

On Saturday, Mr Gross warned the Social Democrats had adopted an image of a divided and 'extinct' party that has nothing to offer its supporters. He called onto his colleagues to put aside their differences and unite to prove the party is active, has goals, and strives to achieve them.