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Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski
The real winner of the election is ANO 2011, which has attracted crowds of voters frustrated with the activity of the traditional political parties
Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski
In the snap parliamentary elections scheduled for 25-26 October, an important role may be played by political parties which have hitherto been absent from the Chamber of Deputies. The ANO 2011 movement and the Party of Civic Rights – …
Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski
On 4 September the Slovak prime minister, Robert Fico announced an agreement between the government and Energeticky a prumyslovy holding (EPH), under which the state will take over 49% of the company's shares worth 59 million euro and…
Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski
The announcement of early elections has brought to an end the months-long crisis on the Czech political scene, which was caused in June by a spectacular series of raids by the Czech police and prosecutors on the inner circle of the then…
Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski
On 7 August the Chamber of Deputies rejected the vote of confidence for the Jiri Rusnok government. Many factors suggest that one of the key objectives of establishing a government favourable to the president will be to promote the Party…
Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski
On 17 July MPs representing the centre-right parties voted against a proposal to shorten the term in office of the Chamber of Deputies and to schedule a snap election. This move is strengthening the political position of President Milos…
Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski
On 25 June President Milos Zeman appointed an economist, Jiri Rusnok prime minister without parliamentary backing. Rusnok was minister of finance in 2001-2002 in Zeman’s left wing cabinet and since 2010 had been part of a team of economic…
Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski
On 17 June, the Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas resigned from his post and gave up his leadership of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) after the head of his office, Jana Nagyová, was arrested and charged with corruption and abusing her…
Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski, Jakub Groszkowski
On 26–29 May, a delegation consisting of politicians and businessmen led by Prime Minister Petr Necas visited Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Sochi. While there, they met with President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Dmitri…
Analyses | | Jakub Groszkowski
On 9 May the centre-left Alenka Bratusek government, which has been in power for two months, presented a reform plan for 2013-2014 that is intended to help lift Slovenia out of the banking and economic crisis. The state-dominated Slovenian…