Social Democrats favour Christian Democrats and Communists as coalition partners

The Social Democrats have indicated that they are primarily interested in forming regional coalitions with the Christian Democrats and the Communists. Social Democrat leader Jiří Paroubek told Czech Radio on Sunday that his party intended to keep its election promises and would favour coalitions with partners for whom the Social Democrats’ policy goals would be acceptable. The Social Democrats have promised to abolish medical fees in regional hospitals, prevent their privatization and generally modify the impact of the government’s reforms on the socially weaker groups of the population.