The Czech Identity Crisis - A slave in search of a master
The Czech Identity Crisis - A slave in search of a master

Summary/Abstract: To the outside observer, the Czech Republic’s first ever elections to the European Parliament in June certainly painted a confusing portrait of the Czech electorate. Just over a month after voting overwhelmingly in favor of joining the EU, less than one in three voters bothered turning out to decide who would represent them in one of the European Union’s most important institutions. Most of those that took the trouble to vote actually plumped for Euroskeptic candidates. As a result, many of the Czechs’ European partners could be forgiven for thinking that they are receiving mixed signals from a country whose geographical position places it at the heart of a new enlarged Europe. This lack of coherence and direction in Czech politics is taken up by journalist Jan Urban in his review of the Czech political scene over the last few months.

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