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Anti-Babiš protests reach fresh heights – but what real impact can they have?
“I don’t think that the protests will have an impact in the short run. “I think, however, that they are changing the atmosphere in Czech society. “Because the mere fact…
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Andrej Babiš adopts combative tone following re-election as ANO leader
“It wasn’t surprising to me at all because he basically owns the movement. I thought that for the sake of public consumption it might have looked better if Mr. Babiš had…
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Government moves to tighten rules on party financing
“Well, I think that establishing ceilings is in general a good idea because obviously the non-existence of ceilings means that a lot of parties can be hijacked by very…
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Do Prague protests signal genuine fall in support for President Zeman?
“I think that people in this country, especially in big cities, are genuinely ashamed of this president. They feel he does not represent the country well, that he is…
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Embattled PM announces cabinet re-shuffle and says he’ll fight his adversaries
“I think that Mr. Topolánek has a good chance of getting re-elected, but even if he is re-elected his party opponents will not go away and since his opponents are tied to…
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Will the interim government give President Klaus a bigger role in the Czech EU presidency?
“The Czech Constitution is quite clear in this respect –it says that it is the government that is predominantly responsible for foreign policy and also it is clear that…
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Christian Democrat conference fails to give party new direction
“The biggest problem of the Christian Democratic party is that the party itself does not know what kind of party it is–or should be. There are two opinion streams: one is…
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Government nominates Petr Gandalovič as ambassador to US
“I think that Mr Gandalovič is not a bad choice. He certainly is a former diplomat; he was the general consul in New York so he’s got some experience working in diplomatic…
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Pre-election campaigning takes aggressive tone towards marginal social groups
“I think they are really trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator because they think that at the local, municipal level, this is one of the approaches that could…
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Czech president tests the limits of his powers
“I do not think that it is really an attempt to create a semi-presidential system, I would see it more as an attempt to actually be in control for four or five months or…
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Political analyst: president’s active role in campaigning may mobilize right-wing voters
“The parties that used to form the previous government, especially TOP 09 and the Civic Democratic Party, simply cannot lead the election campaign along the left-right…
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Bohuslav Sobotka begins government negotiations with party backing
“I think the main sticking points will be corporate taxes and possible changes to the law on church property restitution. It seems to me that both Mr. Babis’s ANO and the…
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Czech foreign policy: balancing the scales
Czech foreign policy: balancing the scales "I think that Svoboda has been quite successful in his approach. He has tried to balance, very carefully, pro-American…
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Social Democrats to go it alone with EU commissioner Kuzvart
Social Democrats to go it alone with EU commissioner Kuzvart "I'm not as critical of Mr Kuzvart as many other people. I think he certainly meets some of the criteria…
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Populist leader announces plans to create Czech version of Germany’s AfD
“I think that Mr. Konvička is simply trying to model his project on something that has been successful in Germany. Clearly AfD has succeeded in several lander and that is…
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Communists being courted in political battle ahead of autumn general elections
“I think Mr. Sobotka had several reasons for making the statement, the most important of which is that Mr. Babiš himself indicated that his ANO party would not be totally…
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Political pundit: Abolishing three ministries merely attempt at distracting attention from government’s real problems
“Personally, I don’t think that there is any kind of overriding logic behind this. It is just a political move and I do not see what the Czech Republic will gain from…
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Doctors’ victory seen weakening government’s bargaining position
“It was a victory for the doctors because in the end they prevailed although they were under tremendous pressure to give up and there were attempts to split the movement…
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Conservative figure Bátora quits Education Ministry post
“I think that Mr Bátora has realized that his tenure at the Ministry of Education has brought him a lot of attention which he now use for political objectives, and his…
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Political pundit’s recipe for election success: less ideological talk and more solutions to concrete problems
“Well, I think that the nature of the campaign has changed significantly. We saw at the beginning of this year a campaign that was fully in the tradition of the previous…
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What next for Czech Republic in wake of Spidla resignation?
"I think the government has been in trouble for such a long time that basically it was impossible to capitalise on anything. It had to come to a head, and it so happened…
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Czechia in 2016: a new name, old fears and many open questions
Post-truth was voted expression of the year in English speaking countries –to what extend does this disturbing phenomenon concern the Czech Republic? Post-truth era JP…
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Analyst: Christian Democrats could be better match for Mayors group than previous partners TOP 09
“I think that it is a good move. The fact that the Christian Democrats and the Mayors and Independents seem to be willing to cooperate is one of the few good developments…
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Analyst: Sobotka may be replaced as Social Democrats chief even before elections if polling numbers stay low
“I think that the Social Democrats are doing badly simply because they have not managed to communicate the essence of the government crisis very well. “They started an…
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Established parties take back seat in local elections
“I think that in general we have seen the trend of turning away from the established parties in the Czech Republic for several years now and in the municipal elections as…
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