Czech parties reach deal to form centre-left government

The Czech Republic's Social Democrats reached a coalition deal with two other parties on the 10 December 2013, agreeing to leave taxes on companies and high earners unchanged in 2014 to help clear the way for a centre-left government to take power.

The leftist Social Democrats, winners by a slim margin of the October 2013 parliamentary election, were looking to return to government for the first time since 2006 in a coalition with the centrist ANO movement and the Christian Democrats.

ESO: Background information: Czech Republic: Parliamentary Election, 25-26 October 2013 http://www.europeansources.info/record/czech-republic-parliamentary-election-25-26-october-2013/

Népszabadság, 16.12.13: New Czech coalition is dreaming (via Euro|Topics) http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/aehnliche/archiv_article/ARTICLE135354-New-Czech-coalition-is-dreaming

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