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The Czech prime minister seemed a good choice for many, but has lost a great deal of support. When Petr Necas became the Czech prime minister in June 2010, many rejoiced...

The race for space and energy jobs. Will the Czech Republic at last get to jump aboard the EU's agency gravy-train? The Czechs have been lobbying for Prague to be chosen to...

The region's turn to the right is a little more mundane – and varied – than a first glance might suggest. Within days, new governments in the Czech Republic and Slovakia...

When Czechs go to the polls next week, the result may be an unlikely coalition of the left. When Jan Fischer winds up the Czech Republic's caretaker government after...

Former Czech premier is on his way out, or not. Mirek Topolánek, sometime Czech premier, may be bowing out of politics altogether, after leaving before the halfway mark of...

Revenge and possible sackings in Prague. Revenge, they say, is a dish best served cold. According to

How the Czechs and Hungarians chose their nominees. The Czech government's approach to choosing a European commissioner, on the face of it, was commendably thorough and...

Czechs nominate their Europe minister for Commission post. The Czech government has nominated its serving minister for European affairs, Štefan Füle, to be the...

Can Klaus's opposition to Lisbon be overcome? By the time that leaders of the EU's national governments gather in Brussels on 29 October, it is just possible that the last...

The Czech president has found the one political way in which he could domestically justify his continued refusal to sign the Lisbon treaty. When a Czech politician finds...

Ratification to be delayed, even if the Irish vote 'Yes'. Ratification of the Lisbon treaty will not be complete by the end of the year, even if the Irish vote ‘Yes' in a...

Will the next Czech commissioner be Vladimír, who enjoys long-distance running; Alexandr, who enjoys smoking and rock music; or Mirek, who enjoys holidays in Italy?...

Period of political uncertainty to be extended through closing phases of ratification of Lisbon treaty. The Czech Republic will not hold early elections that had been...

Parties fighting over possible election date amid concerns that Czechs may lose a European commissioner. If we are to believe Mirek Topolánek, the former Czech premier, an...

Double crisis sent Czechs in the wrong direction; Jan Fischer led presidency to a respectable close. Like a struggling football team, the Czech presidency of the EU looked...

The Czech presidency had its successes, but the Czech political elite failed the country and other small countries. Viewed from Prague, the Czech presidency of the EU was...

The EU remains wedded to short-termism and is doing little to address systemic issues. In his article “A summit to help steady the EU” (11-17 June), Czech Prime Minister...

Ousted governing party secures early revenge over Social Democrats. The Civic Democrats (ODS) have bounced back from being removed from government in March to claim victory...

What the West has got wrong about Václav Klaus. When the news broke that the Czech President Václav Klaus might chair some EU summits – as a result of the fall of the...

The EU's relationship with Israel has been completely changed by recent events. On 8 December 2008, the foreign ministers of the European Union's 27 member states declared...