President: Right-of-center coalition currently only option for government coalition

President Václav Klaus said on Monday that currently, he considers a three-party coalition of the Civic Democrats, TOP 09 and Public Affairs the only viable option for a government coalition. He added that he was not yet ready to announce which party would get the first chance to put together a government. The president’s statement followed talks about the formation of the next government which he held throughout the day with the leaders of all five parties that made it into the lower house.