Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:05:29 +0200John departure renews pressure on already strained governmenthttps://english.radio.cz/john-departure-renews-pressure-already-strained-government-8563731© 2026 Radio Prague International Only a month after the Czech government balanced on the edge of collapse, the coalition led by Prime Minister Petr Nečas was hit by another bombshell: the announcement on Wednesday by the deputy prime minister and only recently-named anti-corruption tsar Radek John that he was leaving the cabinet. Angered by the prime minister’s interference in personnel choices at his office, the Public Affairs party head made clear he had had enough. His resignation could now easily renew the crisis of just a few weeks ago. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/john_radek1.jpg?timestamp=1591286234 John departure renews pressure on already strained government https://english.radio.cz/john-departure-renews-pressure-already-strained-government-8563731 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9