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Current AffairsGreens threaten to leave government unless truck restrictions broadened

16-07-2008 15:35 | Jan Velinger

Martin Bursík and Martin Říman, photo: CTK In a week’s time, the government was to have begun discussing the tightening of restrictions on long-haul trucks in the Czech Republic. But the talks have now been postponed. The prime minister met on Tuesday with hauliers’ representatives, and following their meeting, suggested that restrictions might not be quite so clear-cut. Now, the issue will be discussed only later in August. The prime minister’s move has left coalition partners the Greens far from happy and they wasted no time in response, saying that unless new restrictions were introduced, they would leave the government.  More

Current AffairsGreen party leader seeks stronger mandate ahead of crucial votes in Parliament

10-07-2008 17:38 | Daniela Lazarová

Martin Bursík Following months of infighting in the Green Party, one of the three parties in the Czech coalition government, its leader Martin Bursík has brought the battle out into the open. At a meeting of the party leadership on Wednesday night he pushed through a proposal for an extraordinary party conference to take place at the start of September which is expected to elect a new leadership, change the party’s statutes and redefine its priorities.  More

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