Complicated government building in the Czech Republic

"There's still no sign of white smoke above Prague's government quarter,” writes Tomas Nemecek commenting on the complicated process of forming a government following the Czech elections one week ago. "Up to now, everybody has said no – the country is in a deadlock. The 'no' to a government (led by conservative election winner) Mirek Topolonek, the 'no' to a cross-party government, the 'no' to a grand coalition (between Social Democrats and Conservatives) and the 'no' to early elections are all part of the big guns brought in in preparation for negotiations. And this year those negotiations could well take longer than they usually do. Economists are already joking that a blocked parliament is the best way to maintain the country's present economic growth at seven percent.”

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