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Political scientist: Social Democrats’ election program not realizable without major election victory
“Well, I think that the programme of the Social Democratic Party is realistic only to the extent to which the Social Democrats can win the elections or have a good result…
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Analyst: Migrant quota row will leave the Czech Republic on the periphery outside the EU core
I spoke to political analyst Jiří Pehe, asking him how he viewed the latest developments. “I am afraid that this is a divide that may be quite lasting. The Czech Republic…
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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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Analyst: Control of Finance Ministry central to ongoing political battle
“I think that Mr. Sobotka was trying to convince President Zeman to accept his decision to dismiss Babiš. But he learned from Zeman that Babiš will stay, that Zeman will…
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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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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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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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Proposal to make defamation of president criminal offense stirs memories of communist repression
No head of state in the country’s modern history has evoked as much controversy as President Miloš Zeman. On the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution he was pelted…
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Zeman and Babiš push Senate abolition – but could it happen?
Within hours of the close of voting on one third of the seats in the Senate, Andrej Babiš – whose ANO didn’t do well – suggested that it should be abolished. The ANO…
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Social Democrats mulling reconciliation with president in wake of election defeat
If the regional and Senate elections can be regarded as a litmus test of the 2017 general elections then the ruling Social Democrats have plenty to worry about. Despite…
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Senate could play a stronger role but not without changes, says political analyst Pehe
I asked political analyst Jiří Pehe some of the reasons why and what would be needed for that to change. “I think there are two basic reasons why the Senate is seen as…
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Can ANO’s success in regions carry over to general elections?
“I think that the victory of ANO is an ambiguous message of sorts, because on the one hand it shows that ANO is still the strongest political movement in the Czech…
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Czech PM suggests conditions for communists to come out of the cold
The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia could be considered the leper party at the national political level in the Czech Republic since the Velvet Revolution of 1989…
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Political analyst: Visegrad policy in the EU could backfire
“I think it is quite legitimate for blocks of countries within the EU to have common stances and we have seen this in the case of Scandinavia, the Benelux states and the…
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First ‘candidates’ mull presidential bids
In 2018, Czechs will directly choose, for only the second time in their country’s history, their president, either Miloš Zeman for a second term or someone new. The…
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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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Czech Senate calls for end to “open-door” migrant policy ahead of EU-Turkey summit
Dominik Jun spoke with political commentator Jiří Pehe and began by asking him to sum up the position PM Bohuslav Sobotka is likely to take at the talks: “Prime Minister…
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Czech president uses Christmas message to warn of migrant "invasion"
It was Miloš Zeman’s third Christmas message since becoming president in 2013. Delivered on December 26th from the presidential retreat at Lány, the roughly 14 minute-long…
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So what’s it like being a Czech student in London?
Kryštof: “I think I sort of gradually realised during my teenage years that I really liked studying in English, because there was more of everything than in Czech. “I do…
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Czech top officials in war of words over migrant crisis
Relations between the country’s president and prime minister have not been cordial at the best of times, but both have stressed the need to cooperate in the interests of…
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Does appearance with anti-Islam group signal new departure for Zeman?
The Czech president was rapturously received by the crowd – many carrying Long Live Zeman signs – at Prague’s Albertov on Tuesday at an event in the Czech president’s…
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Pehe: Czech government has taken somewhat ‘alibistic’ stance on refugees
I discussed the Czech position with political analyst Jiří Pehe, asking first whether the interior minister had a point that the EU needed to get its house in order. “I…
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Political analyst: The Czech Republic had no Plan B at meeting of interior ministers
“I think that the majority of the EU feels that unless we have a system which can be enforced and is transparent, a distribution of refugees within various countries…
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Daily news summary
Czech men’s basketball team reach Olympic qualifiers after historic result The Czech men’s basketball team have made it to the qualification stage for next year’s Olympic…
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1989 leaders call for government to drop opposition to refugee quotas
A number of leading figures in the 1989 Velvet Revolution have written an open letter calling on the Czech government to reassess its opposition to an EU quota system for…
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