| Author (Person) | Groszkowski, Jakub |
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| Publisher | Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) |
| Series Title | OSW Analyses |
| Series Details | 18.01.17 |
| Publication Date | 18/01/2017 |
| Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
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The dispute inside the Czech government coalition has escalated nine months ahead of the parliamentary election. The two groupings dominating the political scene, the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) and the political movement ANO 2011 led by deputy prime minister, minister of finance and businessman Andrej Babiš, are at one and the same time coalition partners and each other’s main political opponents. Over the past few months the dispute focused on the amendment of the conflict of interest act. Introducing stricter regulations, something the Social Democrats and the political right have been attempting to push through, is aimed above all at the leader of ANO, and work on these regulations has been used by Babiš’s opponents to engage in a public discussion on the risks an oligarchisation of the Czech politics entails. |
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| Source Link | https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2017-01-18/czech-republic-politics-hands-businessmen |
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| Subject Categories | Politics and International Relations |
| Countries / Regions | Czechia, Eastern Europe |
