Thursday, 21 February 2019

Politics

Ex-PM Fischer to run for presidency

Czech Position |
10 January 2012
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Former interim PM Jan Fischer says he'll stand as candidate in 2012 if direct presidential election law is passed.

Senate agrees to 'strip firms naked': feeble attempt or cure for corruption?

Czech Position |
10 January 2012
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Questions surround two proposed changes to the amendment to the Public Procurement Act approved by the Senate.

Deficit-cutting laws taken to court by opposition party

Bloomberg |
6 January 2012
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Social Democrats, the country's largest opposition party, filed a complaint at the Constitutional Court against several government laws aimed at cutting the budget deficit.

PM's advisor envisions 'parliament' of scientists

Czech Position |
6 January 2012
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Gov't council for research to tackle the science budget, revamp the Technological Agency, and form the sector's priorities.

Would electing a president directly be a fatal mistake?

Czech Position |
5 January 2012
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Constitutional law specialist Jan Kysela worries directly electing a president would create a new power base and further weaken the gov't.

Highway robbery: ŘSD money trail leads to Cyprus

Czech Position |
4 January 2012
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Huge kickbacks from dodgy deals at roads directorate ended in Cyprus firm, may have funded political campaigns, HN says.

Ex-finance minister forgave alleged criminals' tax debt

Czech Position |
4 January 2012
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A wiretap indicated ex-FinMin Vlastimil Tlustý was to receive CZK 3 million for forgiving the CZK 12 million in taxes owed by Setuza, HN says.

Gov't unlikely to survive 2012

aktuálně.cz |
3 January 2012
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The government is bound to fall withing few weeks, Transparency International's prognosis based on corruption indexes of EU member states says.

HN: Public Affairs wants higher taxes

Reuters |
3 January 2012
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Public Affairs, the smallest party in the ruling coalition, wants to raise income taxes, Hospodářské noviny reported, citing Prime Minister Petr Nečas.

Vít Klepárník of new think tank CESTA: left should no longer be a dirty word

Czech Position |
3 January 2012
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A group of intellectuals felt that ever since the fall of communism, political discourse in the country has been dominated by a right-wing agenda, articulated by a number of liberal and conservative institutes. To provide alternatives and to oppose these views from a left-wing wing perspective, these intellectuals established in January a new political think-tank called Cesta, or Path.

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