The campaign ahead of May general elections ignores major topics despite the challenges the country is facing, such as the growing state debt, the need for various reforms and the crisis of the European Union, Marek Švehla writes in the weekly Respekt out yesterday. Parties are afraid to say anything unpopular, Švehla points out. Moreover, it is not clear who wants to rule the country with whom after the elections, unlike in the 2006 elections, he adds.