Current Affairs Political analyst Jiří Pehe: the present crisis will strengthen democracy in the Czech Republic
The recent weeks of political turmoil in the Czech Republic have left many questions unanswered – primarily what kind of government will rule the country until regular elections in the spring of next year. Prime Minister Jan Fischer, who heads a caretaker government which was meant to lead the country to early elections in October, has said he is waiting to hear from the country’s political leaders as to whether they want personnel changes, a government of technocrats, a political government or something in-between. He has also said he cannot continue to rule the country without a fresh mandate. Although relations between the two strongest parties – the right-wing Civic Democrats and the Social Democrats -are frosty it is they who will have to decide about the country’s immediate future. So what are the chances of them reaching agreement? Political analyst Jiří Pehe says they are considerable since cooperation between the two strongest parties is nothing new in Czech politics.
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