Fischer remains favourite in presidential polls

Polls continue to suggest that former prime minister Jan Fischer would win the presidency in direct elections. A new survey by the agency Factum Invenio gives Mr Fischer 21.8% of the vote, followed by economist and 2008 presidential candidate Jan Švejnar with 15.1%. Of potential party candidates former prime minister Miloš Zeman fared best in the poll, with 10.2, followed by TOP 09 chairman Karel Schwarzenberg with 8.2%. Of the 959 voters asked, 65% said they would vote in the election. The first round of the elections should be held between January 6 and February 5, 2013.