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It seems ever more likely that the new government will be formed by the same coalition parties as the outgoing one. Over the weekend the top executive body of the Social Democrats approved the steps the party's acting head, Stanislav Gross, has been taking in trying to put together a new cabinet, following the resignation of former Prime Minister and party head Vladimir Spidla. Although Mr Gross's negotiations with the Christian Democrats and the Freedom Union were approved by an overwhelming majority of the party's executive committee, a few dissenting voices within the party made themselves heard at the weekend.  More

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The long summer days in Prague are passing quite slowly. Most of the school children have left the city for summer camps, lots of families have moved southwards to the Mediterranean, where they hope to find sunnier weather. Prague inhabitants have been substituted by tourists. The old Czech government has formally resigned, and the time of waiting for the new one is filled with speculation of what it should look like.  More

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Current AffairsThe art of political consensus: can Czechs hope to learn or is it time to change the electoral system?

The complicated negotiations on forming a new coalition government have sparked fresh debate on the possibility of changing the country's electoral system from proportional representation to introduce more elements of a majority system, in order to ensure stronger and more stable governments in the Czech Republic.  More

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The leaders of the three parties trying to put together a new government after Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla's resignation last month, met once again on Tuesday, and the outlines of a new government came a step closer. But Mr Spidla's successor at the helm of the Social Democrats, Stanislav Gross, is having to tread a very delicate path, not only with his coalition partners, but also among dissenters within his own party. David Vaughan has been following developments.  More

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