Politics
Election watch: ČSSD big on promises
There is a proverb that goes, "Promises are like babies: easy to make, hard to deliver." Voters are well advised to keep this in mind in light of the mounting list of promises emanating from ČSSD.
Campaign financiers remain hidden
Public has right to know contributors, says watchdog group.
ČSSD leads in polls
The Social Democrats retain a comfortable lead with 32% over the Civic Democrats with 25.5% of the vote.
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ODS promises to tackle unemployment
The Civic Democrats pledge to support part-time work, work from home, jobs for school-leavers and elderly people in its package of measures against unemployment, ODS Chairman Mirek Topolánek said at the start of the party's election campaign yesterday.
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LN: ODS unlikely to remove Bém from candidates list
The Civic Democrats will unlikely decide to remove Prague Mayor Pavel Bém from their lists of election candidates despite the most recent speculations about his unseating, Petr Kolář wrote in the daily Lidové noviny yesterday.
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Poll: ČSSD, KSČM would assume majority in lower house
The Social Democrats would win the elections with 27.9% of the vote, and, along with the Communist Party command a majority in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of parliament, STEM poll conducted in March shows.
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Havel endorses Greens
Former President Václav Havel, along with other tens of intellectuals, yesterday expressed support for the Green Party as the sole real political alternative that does not disdain civic society.
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MfD: Election campaign dirtiest since 1989
The current election campaign seems to be the dirtiest since 1989, with politicians using advertisements to systematically accuse each other of crimes, Mladá fronta Dnes reported yesterday. Parties often rely on blackening their rivals rather than promoting their own election programmes. More and more often they cross the limits of decency by accusing each other of corruption, theft and misuse of public money.
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HN: Voters an easy prey to ČSSD's promises
ČSSD Chairman Jiří Paroubek's pre-election strategy is proving successful as voters simply tend to believe unrealistic promises, Petr Honzejk wrote in Hospodářské noviny yesterday.
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ČSSD lays out plan on how to cut budget gap
The Social Democrats plan to adopt measures to bring extra CZK 41 billion to the state budget and save CZK 29 billion, which will allow them to reduce the budget deficit and meet the promises they made to the public, ČSSD Chairman Jiří Paroubek said yesterday.
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