Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:03:06 +0200https://english.radio.cz/social-democrats-gear-congress-amid-poor-polling-and-pressure-sobotka-8198584© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalGovernment leaders the Social Democrats are gearing up for a congress this weekend at which the party’s chairman, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, is expected to retain his post. But in general what shape are the party in with elections coming up in October? That’s a question I put to political scientist Petr Just. He says the Social Democrats are the only coalition member “paying” for being in government with lower poll numbers – this hasn’t happened to the smaller parties, Andrej Babiš’s ANO or the Christian Democrats.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/sobotka_bohuslav7.jpg?timestamp=1590547606 https://english.radio.cz/social-democrats-gear-congress-amid-poor-polling-and-pressure-sobotka-8198584 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9