Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:03:12 +0200https://english.radio.cz/third-time-lucky-ruling-coalition-8071311© 2026 Radio Prague International It's one day to go until the country's 281 MPs and senators meet at Prague Castle, for parliament's third and final attempt to elect a successor to Vaclav Havel. This time there are just two presidential candidates - former prime minister Vaclav Klaus, nominated by the opposition Civic Democrats, and university professor Jan Sokol, the official candidate of the ruling coalition. But unfortunately for those growing weary of this agonising struggle to find a new president, it's still impossible to say who - if anyone - is going to win. My colleague Rob Cameron joins me in the studio now. Rob - the governing coalition has a majority in both the upper and the lower house - why is this election not a foregone conclusion? encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/klaus_sokol.jpg?timestamp=1590256615 https://english.radio.cz/third-time-lucky-ruling-coalition-8071311 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9