Parties closer to presidential candidate agreement

Chairman of opposition Social Democrats Jiri Paroubek and the head of the coalition Green Party Martin Bursik told Czech TV on Sunday that an agreement is much closer on a candidate to run for the president's office against incumbent Vaclav Klaus. Their parties might agree on Czech-born economist Jan Svejnar who is currently a professor at the University of Michigan in the US. The current president's term will expire in February next year which is when the elections will be held. The Czech Presidents has to gain a majority of 141 votes of the two chambers of the Parliament.

Author: Jan Richter