Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:12:42 +0200https://english.radio.cz/comments-pms-aide-complicate-negotiations-8613399© 2026 Radio Prague International After what initially appeared to be a breakthrough in government negotiations last week, politicians in the Czech Republic are back at square one. On Sunday the Social Democrats led by Jiri Paroubek rejected a proposal by Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek to join a four-party coalition that would have run the country until 2008. The party rejected the deal on the grounds that a year-an-a-half or so in office was simply too short. Trust, or lack of it, may also have played a part, after it came to light that a close aide to the prime minister had made disparaging comments about the Social Democrats and their chances in being in the next government. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/paroubek_jiri7.jpg?timestamp=1591424239 https://english.radio.cz/comments-pms-aide-complicate-negotiations-8613399 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9