Most parties in Czech lower house losing members

Most of the parties represented in the Czech lower house lost members in the last year, Czech Television reported. The only exceptions were Freedom and Direct Democracy and coalition party the Mayors and Independents.

Government leaders the Civic Democrats lost the most members year-on-year, Czech Television said.

The Communist Party and the Social Democrats, who fell out of the lower house at the last elections, lost about one-fifth of their members.

Author: Ian Willoughby