Candidates for Prague mayor meet in public debate

Several candidates for the post of Prague mayor met in a public debate in the capital on Saturday, as part an event promoting cycling. The mayoral hopefuls included former Czech central bank governor Zdeněk Tůma, who runs for the conservative TOP 09 party, Civic Democrat Bohuslav Sobotka, Social Democrat Karel Březina and Petra Kolínská from the Green Party. The candidates talked mostly about public space and transport issues in the capital. Local elections in the Czech Republic are held on October 15 and 16; according to polls, the Civic Democrats, who have dominated Prague City Hall since the fall of communism, are losing ground to the newcomers, TOP 09.

Author: Jan Richter