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Pehe: Gender focus in Czech Istanbul Convention debate aids Russia

The Senate has voted against ratification of the Istanbul Convention, which seeks to prevent, prosecute and eliminate domestic violence. But why has Czechia rejected it?
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Political analyst Jiri Pehe on election outcome

Who will rule the Czech Republic over the next four years? In recent days political analysts have been speculating on the pros and cons of various coalition scenarios. On…
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"An historic day" - analyst Jiri Pehe on the referendum result

Jiri Pehe is a former advisor to Vaclav Havel and an independent political analyst who has closely monitored the results of the referendum on EU accession in the Czech…
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Jiří Pehe: divisions in Czech society will take years to heal

Miloš Zeman’s victory in the country’s first direct presidential election has highlighted some deep divisions in Czech society. A large part of the future president’s…
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Pehe: Zeman, Klaus stand equal chance of becoming president

The Czech parliament meets for a second time on Friday to try and choose a successor to President Vaclav Havel, in the wake of last week's inconclusive vote. Three…
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Tension within ruling coalition will mount, says commentator Jiří Pehe

The key to the survival of the Czech coalition government was a deal between the coalition parties brokered by President Václav Klaus at Prague Castle. No details of the…
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Analyst Jiří Pehe says it is unlikely the president will call early elections

With Prime Minister Petr Nečas stepping down, there are a still a number of different scenarios according to which the current government crisis may be resolved. What is…
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Jiří Pehe and a novel that pits angels against the isms of our age

Ivan Klíma described the 2009 novel Three Faces of an Angel by Jiří Pehe as one of the most outstanding Czech novels since the fall of communism. The book is not only an…
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Pehe: Czech government has taken somewhat ‘alibistic’ stance on refugees

The Czech Republic will accept no new migrants this year under EU plans, Interior Minister Milan Chovanec said on Monday in Brussels. Mr Chovanec criticised the EU’s hot…
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Czech Social Democratic Party at crossroads

Political analyst Jiří Pehe says 2024 is the year when the traditional Czech Social Democratic Party came to an end.
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Pehe: EU worried at “learner driver” Czechs steering Europe through crisis

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…
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Klaus knows Sudeten German property issue “emotional”, says pundit Pehe

The Czech president, Václav Klaus, may have surprised everyone with his new condition for signing the Lisbon treaty, but here in the Czech Republic the argument that the…
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Political analyst Jiří Pehe: the present crisis will strengthen democracy in the Czech Republic

The recent weeks of political turmoil in the Czech Republic have left many questions unanswered – primarily what kind of government will rule the country until regular…
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Pehe: Protest leader’s move into politics reflects opposition’s lack of threat to Babiš

The head of anti-Babiš protest group Million Moments for Democracy, Mikuláš Minář, has quit with a view to launching a party that would contest general elections in 2021.
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Pehe: Christian Democrats in good position to become main right-wing party

Analysts also see the Senate results as strong confirmation that the Christian Democrats have returned as a significant political force. On Saturday, they clinched four…
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Jiří Pehe pens first political biography of post-89 heavyweight Václav Klaus

President Václav Klaus has been a dominant figure on the Czech political scene ever since the early 1990s. The founder of the Civic Democrats was finance minister and…
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Political analyst Pehe: Collapse of government a possibility if junior coalition partner walks out

On Thursday, junior coalition member Public Affairs came forward with a list of demands for the government, threatening to walk out unless a new anti-corruption law is…
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Supreme Court decision will weaken trust in democratic politics, says analyst Jiří Pehe

Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision, which confirmed immunity for three former Civic Democratic MPs securing their freedom from prosecution for deals made while in parliament…
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Martin Bursík’s new party will attract ‘politically homeless’ voters, says Jiří Pehe

Last week, former Green Party chairman Martin Bursík announced that he was leaving the Greens to found a new party. A mere three days later he had collected enough…
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Political analyst Jiří Pehe: The Czech Christian Democrats should look abroad for inspiration

The junior party in the Czech governing coalition, the Christian Democrats, held a party conference over the weekend re-electing an old-new leadership and outlining plans…
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Jiří Pehe: anti-establishment attitudes and widespread disinterest in politics may have to do with historic traumas

Elections to the European Parliament came and went almost unnoticed in the Czech Republic, where over 80 percent of voters simply ignored them. The record-low turnout of…
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Senate could play a stronger role but not without changes, says political analyst Pehe

Voters in the Czech Republic are going to the polls on Friday and Saturday in the second round of elections to the upper chamber of Parliament. But traditionally turn-out…
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Political commentator Jiří Pehe: Duchcov coalition could seriously damage the Social Democrats

The situation in Duchcov, north Bohemia, where the Social Democrats have entered into a coalition with the ultra-right Workers Social Justice Party and the Communists and…
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Czechia in 30 minutes (Jan 25, 2024)

News; Pehe: Gender focus in Czech Istanbul Convention debate aids Russia; Greenery on the green line; Canadian hockey players
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‘Velvet Retro’: historian Veronika Pehe on Czech pop culture, (anti)heroes, collective memory and post-communist nostalgia – for resistance

Popular films, TV series and novels can profoundly shape a nation’s collective memory and cement the evolving historical master narrative. In her new book, ‘Velvet Retro…
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