Czech government intact. But for how long?

Leaders of the parties in government amend coalition agreement hours ahead of an ultimatum by the junior Public Affairs (VV) party

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Petr Nováček | 04.07.2011

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Intensive formal negotiations among party leaders took place from Monday through Thursday; Prime Minister Petr Nečas (right) also met discretely with Public Affairs’ head Radek John (left) and his ‘superguru’ Vít Bárta (center)

Last Monday’s papers were full of headlines declaring the end of the three-party coalition government was nigh. The conflict was indeed bitter, but the “gruesome end” of which TOP 09’s leader Karel Schwarzenberg spoke didn’t occur. Intensive negotiations between ODS and VV leaders took place from Monday through Thursday — without the participation of TOP 09 — alongside separate talks between PM Petr Nečas (ODS) and VV leaders. The result was an amendment to the coalition agreement, signed by the party leaders on June 30.

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