ODS and ČSSD spreading fear
People’s interest in politics is falling, according to a recent survey by the polling agency CVVM. (While, in 2007, 50% of Czech were interested in politics, a year later it was only 46%.) The number of Czechs interested in EU politics, moreover, has fallen to a record low. Some 64% say they don’t care about political happenings in the EU. The statistics are even more discouraging when it comes to people’s willingness to go to the polls. According to the CVVM survey, only 40% of Czechs plan to vote in the upcoming European parliamentary elections. If you take a look at the election billboards posted across the country, the statistics are not so surprising. The country is chock-full of negativeContinue Reading