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Political battle possible if president rejects cabinet nominees
Thursday marks the 75th day since Czechs went to the polls to elect a new government – making it the longest post-election period in the history of the Czech Republic…
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Political leader’s communist past revives debate on abolition of screening law
The so-called screening law, passed two years after the fall of communism, was intended to keep former secret police collaborators, members of the communist party’s…
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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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Hašek admits to lying about secret meeting with president
I spoke to political analyst Jiří Pehe about Mr Hašek’s admission and its ramifications. “There may be meetings that are supposed to be ‘secret’ but if someone comes out…
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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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Martin Bursík’s new party will attract ‘politically homeless’ voters, says Jiří Pehe
“I think that this is a party, or political project, that basically is trying to speak to the right-of-center liberal voters. And I don’t think that the program is so…
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Political analyst: Sobotka turnaround delivers Social Democrats to Zeman
I spoke earlier to political analyst Jiří Pehe. “I think that unfortunately Bohuslav Sobotka came to the conclusion that he had lost the battle with the pro-Zeman wing in…
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Change of government triggers shake-up in civil service
“The civil service in the Czech Republic is highly politicized. We should note that in the last twenty years the Czech Republic has had one of the highest number of…
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Supreme Court decision will weaken trust in democratic politics, says analyst Jiří Pehe
“The decision of the Supreme Court is unfortunate in several ways. First, it prevents the prosecutors from bringing this case of the three [former] deputies of the Civic…
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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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Analyst Jiří Pehe says it is unlikely the president will call early elections
“President Zeman has said several times that he does not want this government to continue. However, at the same time, he may not be open to early elections, simply because…
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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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Analyst: TOP 09 in high-stakes game to secure dominant position on political right
I asked political analyst Jiří Pehe about developments, including whether TOP 09’s stated reasons for the ‘break-up’ were the whole story. “I think that there is more at…
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Clash between Czech president and foreign minister revived in neighbouring Austria
On Tuesday, Miloš Zeman began his second foreign visit since becoming president, meeting with his counterpart Heinz Fischer in Vienna’s Hofburg Palace. Issues given top…
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Charmed by Zeman, Social Democrats drop Dienstbier from leadership
President Miloš Zeman’s speech was one of the most anxiously anticipated events of the Social Democrat party congress held in the northeastern city of Ostrava on Friday…
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Analyst: president’s ‘declaration of war’ against part of media unfortunate
Earlier I discussed the matter with political analyst Jiří Pehe. “This is consistent with what Mr Zeman has been saying for a long time about the Czech media. He was…
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Political analyst: Treason charges against Klaus should have been filed much earlier
“I think that the political fallout can be seen on two levels. One of them is symbolic – it’s a message not only to Václav Klaus, but also to any future president, that…
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What did the presidential vote reveal about Czech society?
TS: “Here, the issue obviously was the personal nature of the candidates, and this highlighted some of the divisions present in the society. The elections clearly showed…
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Jiří Pehe: divisions in Czech society will take years to heal
“Well, I think that the main reasons were not so much related to the left-right division in Czech society as many had expected because quite frankly, from this point of…
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Václav Klaus insinuates Czechs should not vote for “foreign” Schwarzenberg
In a brief interview for Czech Radio on a ski slope in south Bohemia on Thursday, President Václav Klaus finally spoke about his favourite in the second round of the Czech…
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Political heavyweights Zeman and Schwarzenberg set for presidency face-off
Karel Schwarzenberg performed an improvised rendition of the Czech national anthem in the middle of a news conference on Saturday afternoon, reflecting the euphoric…
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President accuses media of smear campaign
While President Klaus’ initial response to widespread criticism of the amnesty was fairly muted (expressing the hope that the public would see the correctness of his…
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Czech government parties take severe beating in regional and Senate elections
Leaders of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia beamed with satisfaction at a post-election news conference on Saturday. The party came in first in two of the 13…
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First direct presidential election set for January 11, 2013
Some presidential hopefuls launched their campaigns months ago but it has only now become clear when the actual election will be held. The speaker of the Czech Senate…
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Czech government threatened by tax row in lower house
Latent tensions in the Civic Democrat party erupted just hours before the lower house was set to vote on government legislation which sought to reduce the deficit in…
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