PM says agreement on Czech government could be reached by Sunday

In related news, outgoing prime minister Mirek Topolánek has said that he believes a deal can be reached between the government coalition and the opposition Social Democrats by Sunday. Mr Topolánek told journalists on Friday that the basic parameters of an agreement had already been worked out. He said that on Sunday parties from across the Czech political spectrum would discuss who the next prime minister should be. Mr Topolánek added that he felt a solution would be reached soon which would ‘introduce peace and stability to the Czech Republic’. One week ago, the biggest parties in the Czech Parliament agreed that early elections would be held around October 16-17.