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Political analyst Jiří Pehe: The Czech Christian Democrats should look abroad for inspiration
“Pavel Bělobrádek was elected (party leader) because he was the only candidate. Other candidates for the top post recognized his qualities and they did not really want to…
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Political commentator Jiří Pehe: Duchcov coalition could seriously damage the Social Democrats
“Well, I think it is extremely important for Mr. Sobotka to win this particular battle because a democratic party such as the Social Democrats with a long tradition in the…
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Pavel criticises government communication – but is he right?
“I’m afraid that President Pavel is right, because the government really does not communicate well with the public. “There are some steps that would really need much more…
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Václav Havel’s decency gave him courage, says his former advisor Jiří Pehe
“I think he was inspirational simply because he proved with his life that you can fight authoritarian and totalitarian regimes and human rights abuses with human decency…
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‘Velvet Retro’: historian Veronika Pehe on Czech pop culture, (anti)heroes, collective memory and post-communist nostalgia – for resistance
Scholars of state socialism have frequently invoked ‘post-communist nostalgia’ to identify an uncritical longing for the utopian ambitions and lived experience of the…
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Political scientist Jiří Pehe: Babiš must be feeling he has hit his limits
I spoke to political scientist Jiří Pehe about the winners and losers in this election and began by asking about the significance of ANO’s defeat in Prague. “I think that…
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New parties under pressure to do well in upcoming local and Senate elections, says analyst Jiří Pehe
“I think that the municipal elections will be a vote about local issues in the first place, but also about the government. In other words, it will be a vote that will have…
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Why does cronyism thrive so well in Czechia?
“There are several reasons for the rise of crony capitalism in the Czech Republic. The first was the way that the privatization process in the 1990s took place. It was…
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“Not such a stupid move”: Populist right parties announce electoral alliance plan
“I think that both SPD and Tricolour got inspired by what we saw during the elections in 2021 when the then opposition parties created two coalitions [Together; Pirates…
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Expert: Court acquittal may boost Babiš’s chances in presidential run, but not enough
“I think that the acquittal may boost Babiš’s chances in the first round because there may be a few percentage points that he will gain on top of what he already has…
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Political analyst: When emotions subside people will come to see that the present election system is unjust
“Well, the parts of the election law that were invalidated are those that discriminated against small parties and given the fact that in the Czech lower house we have one…
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Pundit: “Several factors” behind Babiš presidential announcement delay
“I think that there may be several factors contributing to the fact that Babiš has decided to postpone the official announcement of his candidacy. “One of them is of…
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Pundit: Handling of US base issue shows “a lot of amateurism”
“I think that, unfortunately, this was one of the occasions in which Czech politicians have once again shown that they don’t know how to handle these very sensitive big…
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Castle scandals put spotlight on presidential powers
“I think that unfortunately a small group of people around President Miloš Zeman has privatised the Office of the President and is using it for its own objectives, which…
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Fiala appointed PM – but what next on path to new government?
“I think that what President Zeman is trying to when he says that he wants to interview all the ministers, or candidates for ministers, is certainly not normal under the…
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Pundit: “It’s a definite breakup between Zeman and Babiš”
There have been so many developments surrounding Mr. Zeman’s team. The police are evidently investigating his head of office, Mynář, and the foreign minister is removing…
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Senate results should spark reflection from government parties, force negotiations with Social Democrats: political analyst Jiří Pehe
“I expected the results that we saw and the reason is that the voters got their chance to express their opinions about the government for the first time basically in the…
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Analyst reacts to president Klaus's re-election
What is your reaction to the news that Václav Klaus has been re-elected president in the third round of voting? “Well I think that Klaus was the favourite from the…
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Vít Klepárník of new think tank CESTA: left should no longer be a dirty word
“The reasons for establishing the new think tank include the dire conditions triggered by the global economic crisis as well as the changing role of the state under a…
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Vít Klepárník of new think tank CESTA: left should no longer be a dirty word
“The reasons for establishing the new think tank include the dire conditions triggered by the global economic crisis as well as the changing role of the state under a…
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In search of a lost book: a novel re-emerges after nearly a quarter of a century
He started writing fiction as a young man back in the early 1980s, just after he had emigrated from communist Czechoslovakia to New York. After studying law, philosophy…
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Analyst: President Zeman was very active in his first 100 days in office, but may become less effective
“Many of the things he has done in the first 100 days, he had sort of flagged before becoming president. He spoke openly about his intention to use presidential powers as…
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Will he or won’t he? President Klaus keeps Europe in suspense.
“I think that President Klaus will sign the Lisbon treaty if the Constitutional Court decides that the treaty is in line with the Czech Constitution. Then Mr. Klaus would…
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Pundit: battle over control of High State Attorney’s Office in Prague decisive for country’s democratic development
“The situation in the office of the Prague Chief Prosecutor can be interpreted on several different levels. The most simple interpretation is that it is a battle between…
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