Poll: Sobotka most trusted Czech politician

Bohuslav Sobotka, of the opposition Social Democrats, is the most trusted politician in the Czech Republic right now, suggests a poll conducted by CVVM. Mr Sobotka enjoys the trust of 46 percent of those polled, while Prague mayor Pavel Bém of the Civic Democrats and Zdeněk Škromach of the Social Democrats rank joint second, with a trust rating of 40 percent. Trust in Mr Bém had fallen five percent since the previous poll, which was conducted in October 2007. But, in another STEM poll recently released, Mr Bém finished above Mr Sobotka, ranking first in a poll of the country’s most popular politicians.