Gross not considering resignation after poor showing for Social Democrats

Meanwhile, the leader of the governing Social Democrats, Stanislav Gross, has said he is not considering stepping down, after his party received just 14 percent of the vote in the regional polls.

Despite that poor showing, an opinion poll conducted by the CVVM agency in October suggests that 40 percent of Czechs "trust" the coalition government led by Mr Gross. In June, when a coalition of the same three parties was led by Vladimir Spidla, just over a quarter of Czechs said they trusted the government.