Victim Zelezny

Vladimír Železný is one of the CR's most skilled public speakers, and he's used his charisma to portray himself in the European elections as a victim. Some of his complaints include: His party was intentionally given a high - and therefore unattractive - number for the EU elections (32); he was invited and then uninvited to appear on TV Nova's "7" debate show; PPF knows how to "turn things around" in the courts; he gets the blame for the CR's arbitration loss to CME, but in fact the judgment came because CME bribed a key witness; his tax-evasion trial was timed to coincide with the elections (but later postponed); and his election effort is unfairly portrayed as being about EU immunity. One thing Železný can't complain about is the media coverage he's gotten in the run-up to the elections. He's been everywhere (except on TV Nova). His next stop will be Brussels. Union parliament