Final Word from Wednesday, October 31, 2012



MP Petr Tluchoř and his 5-6 comrades-in-arms from ODS are pushing the Nečas cabinet toward the abyss because they think that ODS has veered too far from its platform by agreeing to raise taxes. What if Bohuslav Sobotka of ČSSD were the prime minister of a future coalition government and rebels from the junior coalition partner, the Communist Party, decided to use a similar tactic against their PM? KSČM's published program calls for preventing the excessive dependence of the Czech economy on foreign capital; buying up shares in companies in the strategic areas of energy, communications, public transport, water, sewer and mining; regulating the prices of natural gas, water, heat, fuels and rent; and founding a state-controlled bank to provide guaranteed loans to citizens and credit to businesses. Would Sobotka let his government fall, or would he give in to the coalition hardliners?[Czech Republic Bohemia and Moravia Petr Nečas confidence vote]

Glossary of difficult words

comrade-in-arm - a companion who shares one's activities or is a fellow member of an organization;

abyss - a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm; a catastrophic situation seen as likely to occur;

to veer - to change direction;

hardliner/hard-liner - a member of a group who adheres uncompromisingly to a set of ideas or policies.

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