A new poll conducted by the STEM agency has suggested that the majority of
Czechs rate the right-of-centre Civic Democratic Party as the main
proponent of government reforms, despite the fact that that not it but
fellow right-wing party TOP 09 holds key ministries, including Finance and
Health. According to the poll, 53 percent of those surveyed named the Civic
Democrats, 41 TOP 09 and just six percent the former government coalition
party Public Affairs, replaced by a political platform led by Karolína
Peake (who is founding a new party to be called LIDEM or For the People).
Those surveyed were also asked which party in government was the most
thorough in seeing the government’s programme fulfilled: there, TOP 09
received 43 percent, the Civic Democrats 42. In general, government has not
done well in numerous recent opinion polls, in which a majority of
potential voters have expressed opposition to wide-reaching reforms.