PM Bohuslav Sobotka to meet with president

Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and President Miloš Zeman are due to meet on Wednesday at Prague Castle. The meeting was requested by the prime minister and one of the themes of the meeting is the attempt to better coordinate the foreign policy stances of the head of state and government, the president’s spokesman said. Mr. Sobotka, the head of the leading government party, the Social Democrats, and the president are also expected to compare notes on the recently completed party congress in Prague. President Zeman denounced the introduction of a 40% quota of woman candidates in elections as insulting to women. He also criticized the meeting for failing to confront the reasons for the Social Democrats’ disappointing results at the general election in October 2013. The head of state’s and former social democrat leader’s relations with the prime minister are strained.

Author: Chris Johnstone