Dawn to hook up with Blok Against Islam for elections

The Dawn party, which has 14 seats in the Czech lower house, is to contest regional, Senate and parliamentary elections in alliance the group Blok Against Islam, the former’s recently elected chairman Miroslav Lidinský said on Tuesday. He said the two organisations’ advocated defence of the Czech Republic’s borders and zero tolerance for the politicisation of Islam in the country. Mr. Lidinský recently said the head of Blok Against Islam, Martin Konvička, would need to tone down his rhetoric if he were to succeed in politics.

Author: Ian Willoughby