Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:54:08 +0200https://english.radio.cz/what-did-presidential-vote-reveal-about-czech-society-8547668© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalThe first Czech direct presidential election has divided the nation like never before. In the heated campaign ahead of the election’s second round, leftist Miloš Zeman presented himself as a defender of the underprivileged, exploiting his opponent’s alleged lack of “Czechness” in the process while those who backed the aristocrat foreign minister, Karel Schwarzenberg, believed his victory would move the country away from post-communism. So how important was the social vote? What role did nationalism play in the election? And what impact will it have on Czech politics? Those are some of the issues I discussed with my guests, sociologists Ivan Gabal and Tereza Stöckelová.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/volby1_4.jpg?timestamp=1591183437 https://english.radio.cz/what-did-presidential-vote-reveal-about-czech-society-8547668 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9