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Comment on Czech Republic: How to Bale out the Civic Democrats? by Brussels blog round-up for 25 – 31 May: Commissioners in trouble, UK challenged over migrants’ benefits, and should the EU get rid of its small change? | EUROPP

Fri, 31 May 2013 14:24:56 +0000

[…] Dr Sean’s diary uses regular LSE blogs contributor Tim Bale’s 12 point plan for politicians to give some of the Czech Republic’s political parties some needed advice. […]

Comment on Eastern Europe: Parties and the mirage of technocracy by Brussels blog round-up for 4 – 10 May: “Herman’s Egg”, Iceland’s strategic relevance, and reflections on Europe Day. | EUROPP

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:55:07 +0000

[…] at how the drift towards technocratic crisis management has affected Central and Eastern Europe. He argues that technocracy is relatively rare in that part of Europe, and that when it has arisen: […]

Comment on Eastern Europe: Parties and the mirage of technocracy by Eusebio pecurto (@Eusebiopecurto)

Eusebio pecurto (@Eusebiopecurto) — Tue, 07 May 2013 10:41:21 +0000

A tecnocracia aparece no mundo da politica porque é um jogo de interesses se olharmos para o passado os bancos europeus fizeram o que quiseram e muitos politicos e partidos tiveram nesse jogo do Banqueiro e hoje temos esta crise de politicos e não economica

Comment on Will Václav Klaus unite Europe’s eurosceptics? by Brussels blog round-up for 16 – 22 March: Crisis in Cyprus, French on the decline, and Václav Klaus for the European Parliament? | EUROPP

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:20:37 +0000

[...] Hanley at Dr Sean’s Diary writes on speculation that former Czech President Václav Klaus is considering running for the European Parliament, and whether he might be capable of uniting [...]

Comment on Václav Klaus: A political phenomenon without political power by Brussels blog round-up for 2 – 8 March: the end for Vaclav Klaus, EU gender equality, and is Italy governable? | EUROPP

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:25:49 +0000

[...] Hanley at Dr Sean’s Diary writes on Vaclav Klaus, whose ten year period as President of the Czech Republic ended on Thursday. In Italy, Open Europe [...]

Comment on Why Miloš Zeman is the Czech comeback kid by Czech presidential elections: Surge in support for Schwarzenberg sets up close second round | UCL UCL SSEES Research Blog

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:08:19 +0000

[...] vacuum on the left was filled by Miloš Zeman. Zeman’s small party of veteran ex-Social Democrats proved surprisingly adept at organising and fundraising and – helped by the decision of the Communist Party not to run its own candidate – his campaign [...]

Comment on Why Miloš Zeman is the Czech comeback kid by Czech presidential elections: Schwarzenberg comeback sets up close run-off | Dr Sean's Diary

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:51:21 +0000

[...] ← Why Miloš Zeman is the Czech comeback kid [...]

Comment on Why Miloš Zeman is the Czech comeback kid by A last minute surge in support for Karel Schwarzenberg has set up a potentially close second-round run-off in the Czech Republic’s presidential elections. | EUROPP

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:00:39 +0000

Comment on Why Miloš Zeman is the Czech comeback kid by Brussels blog round-up for 5 – 11 January: Czechs go to the polls, France’s changing foreign policy, and is Romania a democratic inspiration? | EUROPP

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:00:57 +0000

[...] its Presidential election this week. Dr Sean’s Diary has a discussion of the political return of Miloš Zeman to Czech politics. The former leader of the Social Democrats has emerged as the leading candidate [...]

Comment on Poland’s elections: Eyes down by Konrad Muzyka (@KonradMuzyka)

Konrad Muzyka (@KonradMuzyka) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:46:34 +0000

There was yet another poll published today showing Palikot with 7% support and the SLD party as liitle as 8%.. Down from 12. Upcoming elections are ‘to be or not to be’ for Palikot. If his party is elected then there is a chance for him movement to grow even further. However, if he does not join the Sejm, it will cost him a fortune to subside the party over the next four years (there are already rumours that he has a significant amount of outstanding debt), so it seems he has put all he has on one card. That is the reason, why I believe, he is using the language he is currently using. He is perfectly aware that his language appeals to people who are disillusioned with Napieralski’s ‘performance’ and program. I am absolutely sure that he would also need to tone down if elected, as he cannot build a big left-wing party using his current language. And it is his long term aim (In last week’s Newsweek he called himself ‘a messiah of Polish left’. But ,at the time being, he remains just a ‘Lepper for wykształciuchów’. Albeit, dangerous one.