Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:22:30 +0200https://english.radio.cz/roma-demonstration-increases-pressure-pm-sack-christian-democrat-leader-8609015© 2026 Radio Prague International Just three months after taking office Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek is struggling to keep his centre-right coalition government afloat. A fragile majority in the lower house, a rebel in his own party who is threatening to vote against the government's proposed tax reforms and worst of all a deputy prime minister accused of corruption who has been rocking the boat for weeks. On top of all this, around two hundred angry Roma demonstrators gathered outside government headquarters on Wednesday to demand the dismissal of the said deputy prime minister - Jiri Cunek - for offensive remarks he made about them in a newspaper interview. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/cunek_demonstrace6.jpg?timestamp=1591410984 https://english.radio.cz/roma-demonstration-increases-pressure-pm-sack-christian-democrat-leader-8609015 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9