Note: This is the extended interview with Karolína Peake. An abbreviated version appeared in print on May 18 and can be found here. Karolína Peake has just been asked if she sees a scenario that could put an end to the endless scrutiny the Public Affairs (VV) party receives from the media and in political [...]

    The second round of Senate elections ended in triumph for the opposition Social Democrats (ČSSD). For full analysis on the implications of the victory on the governing coalition check out the Oct. 27 print edition of the Prague Post, but here is a summary of how things broke down… ČSSD won 12 of [...]

    Get a full round up and analysis of the local and Senate election results in the Oct. 20 print edition of the Prague Post, but here are some early Sunday morning results.  The Civic Democrats (ODS) have lost control of city councils in all of the Czech Republic’s major cities with the exception [...]

Taking your political party into opposition is a good thing for reorganizing and reconstituting yourself after  an election defeat. In the case of the Social Democrats (ČSSD), they actually entered opposition after winning an election (though they were unable to find potential coalition partners). ČSSD is still severely disorganized (they don’t even officially have a [...]

The Social Democrats (ČSSD) did actually win the May elections, but unable to find coalition partners were relegated to opposition. Political analyst Jiří Pehe, director of New York University in Prague, says the party has taken a series of missteps since the elections and have thus missed an opportunity to maintain their relevance on the [...]