Current Affairs Mirek Topolanek promises public sector a "night of long knives"

28-06-2005 15:19 | Jan Velinger

The next general election is still a year away but already the right-of-centre, opposition Civic Democrats are gearing up for a changing of the political guard. Speaking last week at a meeting with Czech businessmen the party's leader Miroslav Topolanek promised big changes - in his words a "night of the long knives" in the public sector following eight years of Social Democrat rule. That's tough talk indeed.

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