President Klaus holds unexpected meeting with Jiri Paroubek

President Vaclav Klaus has held an unexpected meeting with the leader of the Social Democrats Jiri Paroubek. Mr Paroubek officially informed the president about his party's stance on the current political situation and presented him with the Social Democrats' Agenda 2010 policy programme.

While the Christian Democrats are prepared to give Agenda 2010 a chance, the Civic Democrats have been sceptical, saying it is too "social democratic".