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Czech democracy in the mirror: What the presidential elections tell us
The first direct elections of the Czech president offered a refreshing contrast to the back room manoeuvring and political horse-trading that accompanied the election in parliament of presidents Havel and (especially) Klaus. Despite the nastiness of the Zeman campaign and … Continue reading
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Tagged CSSD, Czech Republic, democracy, election, elections, Karel Schwarzenberg, Milos Zeman, ods, parties, political parties, presidential, schwarzenberg, zeman
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Czech presidential elections: Schwarzenberg comeback sets up close run-off
Few observers, even a matter of weeks beforehand, would have predicted the success of the two candidates who will be contesting the second round run-off to choose the Czech Republic’s first directly elected president, which takes place on 25-26 January. … Continue reading
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Tagged CSSD, Czech, Czech Republic, election, elections, Jan Fischer, Karel Schwarzenberg, Milos Zeman, ods, president, presidential, schwarzenberg, Vaclav Klaus, Vladimir Franz, zeman
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Why Miloš Zeman is the Czech comeback kid
The political return of former Social Democrat leader and leading presidential hopeful Miloš Zeman has been one of the more surprising emerging-from-under-the -radar phenomena in Czech politics over the past couple of years. For most observers of Czech politics Zeman … Continue reading
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Tagged Czech, Czech Republic, election, elections, president, presidential, SPOZ, zeman
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Poland’s elections: Eyes down
As in 2007 Poland’s parliamentary elections in two weeks are being followed mainly as a battle between the (now incumbent) liberal Civic Platform (PO) and the conservative-national Law and Justice (PiS), which despite modest electoral revival has been on the … Continue reading
