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Current AffairsEuropean Commissioner Telicka still waiting for official explanation for his dismissal
Last Friday, the ruling coalition parties — the Social Democrats, the
Christian Democrats and the Freedom Union — announced they had agreed to
send outgoing Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla to Brussels to take over for
the Czech Republic's current European Union Commissioner, Pavel Telicka.
Mr Telicka has yet to receive official notice of — or an explanation for —
his dismissal. He first learned of his planned dismissal from a friend.
This weekend, during a trip to Prague, he hoped to get some answers from
acting leader of the Social Democrats, Stanislav Gross, the Prime Minister
designate. However, Mr Gross was out of town and apparently neither the
other party leaders nor his future successor in Brussels, Vladimir Spidla,
felt it necessary to provide an explanation.
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Current AffairsSocial Democrats give Gross green light to continue coalition talks
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.
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Current AffairsNew government comes closer, but Social Democrats far from united
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.
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Current AffairsGross confident of bi-passing Communists in forming an old-new government
The Czech Republic could be close to having a new government - one that
looks very much like its predecessor. Outgoing Prime Minister Vladimir
Spidla's successor at the helm of the Social Democrats, the youthful
Stanislav Gross, seems to have managed to cobble together a tiny majority
of support in parliament - for a coalition of the same three partners as
in the old team. Mr Gross is now working on the details, and seems
confident that his new team will hold out till the next elections in two
years' time. David Vaughan has been following the developments. More
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