PM Sobotka: cooperation with Communist Party possible under certain conditions

Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka has said he could imagine forming a government with the Communist Party after the next parliamentary elections under certain conditions. In an interview for the daily Hospodářské noviny, Mr Sobotka said cooperation could only take place if the Communists didn’t question the Czech Republic’s membership in NATO and the pro-European orientation of the government. In 1995, the Social Democrats approved a so-called “Bohumín Resolution”, banning cooperation with the Communists at a national level, but the parties have formed coalitions on a regional and municipal level.

Author: Ruth Fraňková