Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:13:43 +0200Czech governing coalition weakened by departure of independent MPhttps://english.radio.cz/czech-governing-coalition-weakened-departure-independent-mp-8589262© 2026 Radio Prague International The fragile balance of forces on the Czech political scene has tipped slightly in favour of the opposition parties, after Social Democrat renegade and later independent Michal Pohanka announced on Thursday that he was giving up his mandate in the lower house of Parliament. This is bad news for Prime Minister Topolánek’s shaky coalition government which now has just 96 certain votes in the lower house. Once Mr. Pohanka is replaced by an MP loyal to the Social Democrats the opposition will have 97 votes at its disposal. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/pohanka_2.jpg?timestamp=1591348515 Czech governing coalition weakened by departure of independent MP https://english.radio.cz/czech-governing-coalition-weakened-departure-independent-mp-8589262 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9