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Current AffairsEP election results biggest success in years for Civic Democrats
The centre-right Civic Democrats headed by former prime minister Mirek
Topolánek were the clear winners in the Czech Republic’s elections to
the European Parliament at the weekend. They finished some way ahead of the
Social Democrats, taking nine out of the Czech Republic’s 22 seats.
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Current AffairsPirates take aim on parliament with new political party
One of the parties that will be vying for votes in early elections this
autumn will be a piracy-advocacy group. That’s not piracy on the high
seas mind you, but the act of file sharing of copyrighted materials over
the internet. The practice has infuriated copyright holders, who claim it
is stifling their sales, and file sharers themselves were outraged recently
when a Swedish court handed down a prison sentence to the operators of a
well known file sharing server. Now proponents of file sharing are turning
their soapbox issue into a political platform in countries around the
world, and the Czech Republic is about to be one of them.
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Current AffairsTalks on caretaker cabinet back on track after hitting the rocks
A caretaker cabinet to tide the Czech Republic to early elections is
supposed to be formally appointed on Friday, but there’s still no
agreement on who will be in it. Last week interim Prime Minister Jan
Fischer said he was ‘unconvinced’ by several candidates nominated by
the Green Party, Civic Democrats and Social Democrats, and suggested a few
ministers of his own. Mr Fischer’s suggestions came as a shock to
deputies in the Czech lower house, who threatened to withdraw their support
for the caretaker cabinet.
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Current AffairsPresident Klaus appoints Jan Fischer prime minister
Czech President Václav Klaus on Thursday appointed Jan Fischer the
country’s new prime minister, ending a period of uncertainty after the
fall of Prime Minister Topolánek’s centre-right government late last
month. Mr. Fisher will head a non-partisan caretaker administration which
should take office on May 9th and lead the country until early elections in
October.
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Current AffairsCaretaker cabinet talks hit snag as small parties dither
It was all looking so hopeful on Monday – a caretaker government approved
by four parties to take the country until early elections. A week is a long
time in politics, but in this country a lot can happen even in 24 hours,
because one of those four parties has backed out of the deal and another is
wavering. So what does this mean, not just for this country but beyond?
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Current AffairsLittle-known official Jan Fischer in frame to lead interim government to early elections
Less than two weeks after the Czech government lost a no-confidence vote,
the three parties in the outgoing coalition and the opposition Social
Democrats announced on Sunday evening that they had reached agreement on a
new interim prime minister to lead the country until early elections. His
name is Jan Fischer, and if you’ve never heard of him, don’t worry,
the
vast majority of Czechs haven’t either. More
Current AffairsCaretaker cabinet would take office before end of EU presidency under reported provisional agreement between parties
A week after the Czech government lost a vote of no-confidence, the main
players appear to have reached agreement on a way out of the crisis. Early
elections look set to take place in the middle of October and a caretaker
government could be in place by the end of April – that is, before the
end of the Czech presidency of the European Union. More
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