Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:18:05 +0200https://english.radio.cz/analyst-batora-affair-just-pretext-government-crisis-8561041© 2026 Radio Prague International Ministers from the TOP 09 party made good on their promise on Wednesday and boycotted a cabinet meeting in protest of the continued presence of the controversial, highly-placed civil servant Ladislav Bátora at the Education Ministry. The party has slammed the official for past ties to the extremist National Party and for insults recently aimed at its leader, Karel Schwarzenberg, indicating things won’t return to normal until Mr Bátora is replaced. Some, however, argue that Mr Bátora is not the real issue at all, and that the scandal is being exploited by TOP 09 for its own political ends. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/batora9.jpg?timestamp=1591234809 https://english.radio.cz/analyst-batora-affair-just-pretext-government-crisis-8561041 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9