Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 21:52:29 +0200Social Democrat MP Jan Hamáček: Communist Party’s strong showing in regional elections should be a lesson to ushttps://english.radio.cz/social-democrat-mp-jan-hamacek-communist-partys-strong-showing-regional-8550360© 2026 Radio Prague International With talks underway on forming regional governments, the Social Democratic Party is still coming to terms with the fact that although it came first in last weekend’s regional elections it is the Communist Party which is regarded as the real winner. The Social Democrats failed to defend their 2008 victory in all 13 regions, coming first in 9, while the Communists won in two and came hard on their heels in most of the others, giving them the chance to drive a hard bargain in regional administration. Radio Prague spoke to Social Democrats deputy Jan Hamáček about the reasons behind the Communist Party’s strong showing and what it may signify for the future. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/volby3_9.jpg?timestamp=1591185502 Social Democrat MP Jan Hamáček: Communist Party’s strong showing in regional elections should be a lesson to us https://english.radio.cz/social-democrat-mp-jan-hamacek-communist-partys-strong-showing-regional-8550360 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9