Articles for tag: Czech Communists, KSCM

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Filip (KSCM) Dismisses Ukrainian Criticism Of Crimea Trip

Kiev, July 30 (CTK) – Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s sharp reaction to a trip of several Czech politicians to Crimea proves that the present Ukrainian regime is undemocratic, Czech Communist (KSCM) leader Vojtech Filip told CTK today.   Filip said Kiev is incapable of respecting basic principles of the functioning of Europe.   He said the ...

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Babis Vojtech

Sad Communists Are Returning To Power: EPP Head

Brussels, July 12 (CTK) – It is sad that the Communists are re-achieving political positions, Manfred Weber, head of the EP’s strongest faction, the European People’s Party (EPP), said in reaction to the Czech parliament’s expression of confidence in a communist-backed minority cabinet in the early hours today.   The Czech Communist Party’s (KSCM) newly-gained ...

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Babis Welcomes Communist Comeback

Prague, July 2 (CTK) – A selection of data on the Communist Party (KSCM), which last weekend promised to support the new minority government of the ANO movement and the Social Democrats (CSSD) in the confidence vote to be taken next week, and its position on the Czech political scene:   – After the fall ...

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Andrej Babis filip vojtech

Communists Ride Roughshod Over ANO

Prague, June 18 (CTK) – The Czech Communist Party’s (KSCM) influence on ANO leader Andrej Babis and his nascent cabinet has been growing, with the KSCM forcing Babis into a number of concessions, most recently in health care, writes weekly Tyden out today.   Since the 1990s, Czech politicians have pondered on introducing voluntary health ...

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Andrej Babis and Milos Zeman

Communist Backed Government Possible Thanks To CSSD

Prague, June 15 (CTK) – The Social Democrats (CSSD) will allow the creation of a coalition government with the backing from the Communists (KSCM), opposition leaders said in reaction to the Social Democrats having approved their joining the cabinet along with Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s ANO today.   The Social Democrats approved their entry into ...

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Milos Zeman

Zeman Meets Communist Leaders

Prague, June 13 (CTK) – President Milos Zeman received Communist (KSCM) leader Vojtech Filip, party deputy chairman Stanislav Grospic and Communist deputy Miloslava Vostra at their own request today, Zeman’s spokesman Jiri Ovcacek has told journalists without elaborating.   Filip and Grospic said the meeting was to inform him about the creation of the minority ...

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Andrej Babis filip vojtech

Communists Might Support ANO One-Colour Minority Cabinet

Ceske Budejovice, South Bohemia, June 11 (CTK) – The Czech Communists (KSCM) would be willing to tolerate even a one-colour minority cabinet of the ANO movement under certain conditions, Vojtech Filip, head of the KSCM that vows to tolerate a nascent cabinet of ANO and the Social Democrats (CSSD), said today.   The CSSD is ...

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Andrej Babis filip vojtech

Communist Influence Threatens Czech Standing In EU

Prague, June 7 (CTK) – A minority government relying on the Communist Party (KSCM) will not weaken the Czech position in the European Union unless the Communists influence the government’s security or foreign policy, European Parliament Vice President Pavel Telicka (unaffiliated; ALDE) told journalists today.   The Czech position would be harmed if the Communist ...