Czech Republic: Schwarzenberg to Run for Parliamentary Elections

People ♦ Published: August 10, 2013; 10:52 ♦ (Vindobona)

The former Foreign Minister named “autocratic” President Zeman as a motivation.

Czech Republic: Schwarzenberg to Run for Parliamentary Elections / Picture: © Flickr / SPÖ Presse und Kommunikation

Contrary to earlier announcements, former Czech Foreign Minister and Party Leader of conservative-liberal Top 09 Karel Schwarzenberg will candidate at the forthcoming early parliamentary elections. In an interview with daily newspaper “Pravo” (Friday issue) Schwarzenberg named the reasons for this move. His party wanted to surrender “autocratic” state President Milos Zeman. At…

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