Greens Enter The Mix

The Czech domestic political landscape has changed significantly in the past 12 months, and now - just three months before parliamentary elections - another twist looks set to alter the scene again. For the past year, only four political parties have been relevant players in the pre-election environment. The Social Democrats (CSSD), leaders of the incumbent government coalition, had made significant ground on the main conservative opposition Civic Democrats (ODS) in opinion polls; and emerging support from the Communists (KSCM) made a minority CSSD government in an informal leftist 'alliance' a feasible, and increasingly likely, outcome in June. Meanwhile, the

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