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Current AffairsGovernment wins confidence but its position weakens
The Czech government has survived a vote of confidence in the lower house
of Parliament. On Friday, 105 out of 198 deputies voted in its support. The
vote revealed that besides the Civic Democrat and TOP 09 parties, the
cabinet can also rely on those deputies who quit the Public Affairs party,
and at least three MPs who remained members of the former junior coalition
partner, which now sees itself as “constructive opposition”. But
despite the safe majority in the lower house, the centre-right cabinet
might now find it harder to push through some of its reforms bills,
according to analyst Jiří Pehe. More
PanoramaHead of STEM polling agency: Czechs are ashamed of their politicians
Half-way through the government’s term in office Czechs are so fed up
with political infighting and corruption scandals that 80 percent of them
now support early elections. For this week’s Panorama I spoke to Jan
Hartl head of the STEM polling agency about the mood of the public, what
people think of Czech politicians and whether the developments of the past
few months have robbed them of any illusions they may have had regarding
politics. More
Current AffairsCentre-right coalition faces confidence vote following departure of Public Affairs
The ruling coalition that won an unprecedented majority in the last
elections is a thing of the past. On Tuesday, the Public Affairs party,
decimated by the recent departure of a number of former members, left the
government. The centre-right cabinet now faces a vote of confidence to test
the strength of its support in the lower house. More
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