Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:30:30 +0200Senate results should spark reflection from government parties, force negotiations with Social Democrats: political analyst Jiří Pehehttps://english.radio.cz/senate-results-should-spark-reflection-government-parties-force-negotiations-8569001© 2026 Radio Prague International Political analyst Jiří Pehe says the Senate election results represent a backlash against the centre-right coalition government’s reforms. He expects the outcome to make political parties and the government think again about their next moves and, whatever the constitutional weakness of the Senate, force them to consult with the majority party in the upper house, the Social Democrats. We asked him whether the results came in as he expected. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/volby_senat1_2.jpg?timestamp=1591276809 Senate results should spark reflection from government parties, force negotiations with Social Democrats: political analyst Jiří Pehe https://english.radio.cz/senate-results-should-spark-reflection-government-parties-force-negotiations-8569001 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9