Klaus to speak at Social Democrat convention

A spokesman for Czech President Václav Klaus has said that the Czech head-of-state will speak at the upcoming congress held by the Social Democratic Party. The event is to take place next weekend. It is the first time Mr Klaus will speak at a congress held by the leftist party – the largest opposition grouping in the Chamber of Deputies. Social Democrat leader Jiří Paroubek commented the news by saying that he was looking forward to Mr Klaus’s speech. Previously, the Czech president regularly attended congresses by the right-of-centre Civic Democrats, who he led until 2002. But last December he stepped down as their honorary chairman, unhappy over the party’s current direction.

Author: Jan Velinger