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Current AffairsTalks on new government take an unexpected turn
Thursday brought an unexpected twist in the complicated negotiations on
forming a new government. In an attempt to gain the upper hand in a
long-running tussle with the right since June's inconclusive general
elections, Social Democrat leader Jiri Paroubek pulled the plug on talks
with the Civic Democrats and turned to the Christian Democrats as a
potential coalition partner.
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Current AffairsCivic and Social Democrats not yet able to agree on tolerance for minority government
Prime Minister designate Mirek Topolanek has set until the end of next week
as a deadline to try and reach a deal with the Social Democrats on support
for his proposed minority Civic Democrat government. It would be an
understatement to say that the devil is in the details, and sticking
points have been several. Almost three months after the election ended in
parliamentary deadlock, it is still unclear when the country will see a
new government. More
Current AffairsUN committee looks into enforced sterilization of Romany women
A United Nations committee on the elimination of discrimination against
women is looking into claims of enforced sterilization of Romany women in
a number of post communist states, the Czech Republic included. The
practice is said to have started in the communist days as a means of
"regulating" the Romany population, but human rights activists
fear that the practice did not end with the fall of communism.
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Current AffairsCivic Democrat leader entrusted with the task of forming a new cabinet
It was an eventful day at Prague Castle on Wednesday. The outgoing Social
Democrat prime minister Jiri Paroubek arrived to hand over his
government's resignation to President Klaus and less than two hours later
Civic Democratic party leader Mirek Topolanek was appointed prime minister
designate. As the cameras flashed, Mr. Topolanek said he was hoping to
present the country with a new government within a matter of weeks.
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Current AffairsGovernment resigns; president appoints prime minister designate
More than two months after general elections, the Czech Republic is
preparing for a change of guard. The election of a new lower house
leadership at the start of the week and the resignation of the Social
Democrat government on Wednesday has finally cleared the way for a new
administration. However its future is far from certain and the possibility
of early elections is still very much on the cards.
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Current AffairsA crucial week for the two largest parties in post-election negotiations
This week is likely to be a crucial one in deciding the next government,
but what kind of a government might it be? The Civic Democrats, who won
the election, say that there are only two viable options: their minority
government supported across the political spectrum by everyone but the
Communists - or early elections. The Social Democrats who came in second,
on the other hand, have been pushing for something quite different: some
kind of agreement that would see them maintain no small measure of
political influence. More
Current AffairsCentre-right coalition dead, talks on new government start afresh
Two months after the country's inconclusive general elections negotiations
on a new government are back to square one. A centre right coalition
between the Civic Democrats, Christian Democrats and Greens was pronounced
dead on Friday for lack of support and President Klaus urged the leaders of
the two strongest parties on the right and left - the Civic and Social
Democrats - to find an alternative solution that would end the drawn-out
stalemate.
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Current AffairsTwo months after election no solution to political deadlock in sight
This Wednesday marks two months since the Czechs went to the polls to vote
on the country's next government - an election won by the right-of-centre
opposition Civic Democrats - but an election that ended in stalemate
across the political spectrum. In the days following the result, outgoing
Social Democrat Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek promised that his political
opponents would not be able to so much as "wash their hands"
without Social Democrat approval and, so far at least, he has kept his
promise to a "t". More
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