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SpecialWill the government survive the opposition’s landslide victory in the regional and Senate elections?
Regional and Senate elections took place in the Czech Republic over the
weekend in which the opposition Social Democrats defeated the parties of
the governing coalition. The strongest opposition party scored a
comprehensive victory, winning in all of the 13 regions of the Czech
Republic. Social Democrat candidates also made it to the second round in
all but one of the 27 electoral districts for the Senate where the poll was
held. The relatively high turnout – just over 40 percent – suggests
that Czech voters took these elections more seriously than previous ballots
for both the regions and the Senate. To discuss the results of the
elections and the effect they may have on the Czech political scene, I am
now joined in the studio by Jaroslav Plesl, deputy editor-in-chief of the
newspaper Lidové Noviny, and Jan Macháček, a columnist for the weekly
Respekt.
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