Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:25:46 +0200Bohuslav Sobotka begins government negotiations with party backinghttps://english.radio.cz/bohuslav-sobotka-begins-government-negotiations-party-backing-8541732© 2026 Radio Prague International After facing down rivals within his own party, the Social Democratic chairman Bohuslav Sobotka has finally begun negotiations on the future government. This weekend, the central executive committee of the party confirmed him as the chairman and gave him the go-ahead to proceed with talks, with the two most likely coalition partners being Andrej Babiš’ ANO and the Christian Democrats. I spoke to analyst Jiří Pehe about Mr. Sobotka’s prospects of negotiating a new government. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/babis_zaoralek_sobotka.jpg?timestamp=1591149422 Bohuslav Sobotka begins government negotiations with party backing https://english.radio.cz/bohuslav-sobotka-begins-government-negotiations-party-backing-8541732 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9