Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:18:07 +0200Pehe: EU worried at “learner driver” Czechs steering Europe through crisishttps://english.radio.cz/pehe-eu-worried-learner-driver-czechs-steering-europe-through-crisis-8590709© 2026 Radio Prague International It was a weekend of accusations and soul-searching for the main governing party, the Civic Democrats, in the wake of a second terrible drubbing at the hands of the left-wing opposition. Party leader Mirek Topolánek is under severe pressure to resign his leadership, and perhaps the prime minister’s post as well. A campaign to unseat him appears to be gaining momentum, with the tacit approval of the Civic Democrats’ honorary chairman, president Václav Klaus. So can he survive, and what does all this political instability mean for a country which is supposed to take over the presidency of the EU on January 1st at a time of global financial crisis? Radio Prague spoke to analyst Jiří Pehe. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/ods_topolanek_1.jpg?timestamp=1591353764 Pehe: EU worried at “learner driver” Czechs steering Europe through crisis https://english.radio.cz/pehe-eu-worried-learner-driver-czechs-steering-europe-through-crisis-8590709 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9