Scepticism over the new Czech goverrnment

After almost eight months of infighting, the Czech Republic now has a government with parliamentary legitimacy. It consists of Conservative, Greens and Christian Democrats. But this coalition under Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek depended on the votes of defectors from the parliamentary opposition: "The coalition managed to hush the unmistakable displeasure through efficient governmental work," comments Tibor Kis. "It has the capacity for that, even if it does not have that much wiggle room. It would have been simpler if the government had arranged to go into hibernation. But Topolanek is carrying around a basic reform package that stinks of neo-liberalism and surely will not be acceptable to the opposition. That is why there is one thing you can depend on in the Czech Republic today: an unstable government."

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