Rebel Civic Democrats Tlustý and Schwippel take leading positions in Libertas.cz

Civic Democrat MPs Vlastimil Tlustý and Jan Schwippel, two of the key players in the collapse of the coalition government last week, have assumed leading positions in the party Libertas.cz, it was announced on Tuesday. Both Mr Tlustý and Mr Schwippel will be running on behalf of the eurosceptic, right-of-centre party in the upcoming elections to the European Parliament. Nominations for party ballots in the election closed on Tuesday afternoon. Libertas.cz was established at the beginning of this year by former media magnate Vladimír Železný.