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The coalition government is under pressure from all sides -can it possibly survive? That is the question which commentators are now addressing daily, depending on which way the wind happens to be blowing. Today Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla is seen as having triumphed in the clash of wills with trade unions, who have agreed to desist from further protest actions despite having received no significant concessions from the government. More
Current AffairsWill Vladimir Spidla survive rebellion over public finance reforms?
The summer might be coming to an end but one man who might be still feeling
the heat is Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla. With a majority of one seat in
parliament, he's trying to push forward a radical (well radical-ish)
package of spending cuts, pass a budget with a record deficit of 118
billion crowns, and now faces a vote of no-confidence from the opposition
Civic Democrats. Things aren't being made any easier by one Josef Hojdar,
an MP for Mr Spidla's Social Democrat party. Mr Hojdar says he won't
support the reform package, a decision which could sink the fragile ruling
coalition - Prime Minister Spidla says he'll resign if the reforms don't
succeed. So how deadly is the Hojdar threat? A question Rob Cameron put
earlier to analyst Jiri Pehe.
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Photos of trade union members at Saturday's demonstration against the
government's public finance reform plan are featured on all the front
pages today, with all dailies looking into how much the government is
willing to react to their demands. Internationally, it is Sweden's
referendum on the adoption of the Euro - 56% voted against the single
European currency, and the released photo of the possible murderer of
Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh that also make the headlines.
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Current AffairsThousands protest in Prague at government's public finance reform
On Saturday thousands of trade union members from all corners of the Czech
Republic converged on Prague for the biggest workers' protest seen in the
city for six years; some estimates said up to 20,000 took part. The unions
are fiercely opposed to planned government cutbacks intended to address
the country's record budget deficit. However, after a meeting on Sunday,
the leaders of the three parties in the governing coalition said they
would make only small changes to their planned reforms.
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One face features on the front pages of all the Czech papers today,
Sweden's murdered Foreign Minister Anna Lindh. Mrs Lindh's killing has
provoked questions about security for politicians not only in Sweden, but
throughout Europe. Also making headlines today - the Pope's visit to
Slovakia, and a rebellion in the upper house in parliament over the
government's public finance reforms.
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Current AffairsTrade unionists to stage protest against government's public finance reform
The government-proposed package of public finance reforms is in the focus
of attention again. While economists and businessmen say the reforms are
not radical enough and will do little to boost the economy, trade
unionists say the measures will affect the country's poorest. And that's
why members of the country's two largest trade union associations will
converge on Prague on Saturday to stage a massive protest against the
reforms.
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Trade Unions have been stepping up their protests against fiscal reforms
planned by the government. Central Bank governor has encouraged the
cabinet to go ahead with the reforms. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Finance
said the Czech Republic will show the biggest fiscal deficit in its
history this year. The dominant Czech telephone operator, Czech Telecom,
will lay off 1,800 workers by the end of the year. The Czech foreign trade
balance fell into a higher than expected deficit in July. Every tenth
Czech household defaults on its loans.
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The first ever trial of a left-wing radical commands a great deal of
attention since a regional court in North Moravia is now expected to set
an important precedent - can people be jailed for propagating communism?
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