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The ousting of Mirek Topolánek is raising questions regarding a series of high-profile international meetings in Prague, as the Czech prime minister-in-resignation will still be the EU's official chair when the summits take place in early May.

Czech President Václav Klaus, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the EU, yesterday (9 April) appointed economist Jan Fischer as prime minister, ahead of early elections due in October. But analysts and politicians predicted difficult times ahead. EURACTIV Czech Republic and EURACTIV France contributed to this article.

Leaders of the main Czech political parties agreed on Sunday to form an interim cabinet to run the country until an early election, probably in October, outgoing Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek said.

Czech President Václav Klaus might push through his own idea for a new cabinet, which could take "anti-EU" and other controversial steps aimed at killing the Lisbon Treaty in tune with the prominent Eurosceptic's views, a Czech commentator warned yesterday (1 April).

Ousted Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek said his government would step down before the end of the country's EU presidency in June, with technocrats taking over. Meanwhile, the parliament's upper house will vote on the Lisbon Treaty by early May and the chances of approval are relatively high, said politicians.

'We are all Europeans' is the gist of the campaign manifesto published by the main oppsition Czech political parties for the upcoming European elections in June. Adopting the euro, ratifying the Lisbon Treaty, energy security and tackling of the economic crisis feature highly among the issues candidates will address in their campaign. EURACTIV Czech Republic reports.

Weakened by electoral defeat over the weekend (24-25 October), the survivor Czech government came under attack from eurosceptic President Vaclav Klaus, who accused France of planning to "siphon" the Czech EU Presidency in the first half of 2009.

Just 70 days before it assumes the EU Presidency, the Czech centre-right government scraped through another no-confidence vote ahead of crucial Senate elections this weekend.

The Czech Republic's chances of assuming the EU Presidency with a caretaker cabinet in January 2009 are increasing after the leftist opposition's landslide victory in regional elections over the weekend.

Euro-sceptic incumbent Václav Klaus was re-elected as President of the Czech Republic on Friday (15 February), a development which was officially welcomed by the European Commission less than a year before the country takes its turn at the EU's helm.

Neither incumbent Václav Klaus nor challenger Jan Švejnar emerged victorious after three rounds of voting in the Czech presidential election over the weekend. Attention now shifts to February 15 when both candidates will contest another vote. (Based on reporting from EURACTIV Czech Republic).

The Czech parliament is set to elect the country's president today (8 February) in a contest which pits euro-sceptic incumbent Václav Klaus against pro-EU challenger Jan Švejnar. The election is largely seen as a choice between 'old' and 'new' visions of the country's future. With additional reporting from EURACTIV in Prague.

The newly appointed centre-right coalition government has slim chances of winning the vote of confidence in the Czech parliament, says EURACTIV's editor in Prague.

Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and his rightist Civic Democrats party convened with the Green Party to govern the country in a four-party coalition until early elections in 2008.

General elections in the Czech Republic have produced a hung parliament with the two opposing camps holding exactly half of the Parliament's 200 seats.

The 2-3 June general elections in the Czech Republic may result either in a government without a stable majority or a grand coalition.

The Czech Republic's main opposition Civic Democrats
of eurosceptic President Vaclav Klaus have inflicted a fresh
election defeat on the ruling Social Democrats. The prime
minister has no intention of resigning.

The Czech government, which has a one-seat majority in the lower house of Parliament, has lost its majority in the Senate in weekend elections.

The Czech centre-left government, led by the Social Democrat Vladimir Spidla, survived a brief crisis of the three-party ruling coalition. The leaders of the three parties agreed on a re-shuffle following a row over tax increases to pay for the damages caused by the recent disastrous flooding.

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The Czech President, Vaclav Havel, has officially appointed a new centre-left government, led by the Social Democrat, Vladimir Spidla.

The victorious Czech Social Democrats and two smaller parties, the Christian Democrats and the Freedom Union, have signed an agreement on a coalition government that is due to take office on 15 July.

The Czech Social Democrats have reached an agreement to form a new coalition government with the centre-right Christian Democrats and Freedom Union. The Socialist leader, Vladimir Spidla, is expected to be appointed as the new Czech Prime Minister by the Czech President, Vaclav Havel, on 9 July.

The Czech President, Vaclav Havel, has asked the Socialist leader, Vladimir Spidla, to form the new government, following the party's victory in general elections.