Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:49:54 +0200Czech parties struggle with first ever presidential primarieshttps://english.radio.cz/czech-parties-struggle-first-ever-presidential-primaries-8554582© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalLess than a year before Czechs take to the polls to directly elect their president for the first time in history, some of the major political parties have begun choosing their candidates. However, both the ruling Civic Democrats and the opposition Social Democrats seem to struggle with the process: the former party’s most hopeful candidate quit the race before it even began, while one of the latter party’s picks is hesitant to run for them. Commentator Erik Best says this reflects the parties’ mixed feelings about direct presidential elections in the first place.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/sobotka_tosenovsky_necas1.jpg?timestamp=1591205159 Czech parties struggle with first ever presidential primaries https://english.radio.cz/czech-parties-struggle-first-ever-presidential-primaries-8554582 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9