{"id":1423,"date":"2019-07-04T17:30:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T15:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/czechpoints.com\/?p=1423"},"modified":"2019-07-11T16:30:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:30:57","slug":"babiss-coalition-on-brink-no-progress-in-talks-to-replace-culture-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/babiss-coalition-on-brink-no-progress-in-talks-to-replace-culture-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Babis&#8217;s coalition on brink, no progress in talks to replace Culture Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Milo\u0161 Zeman has not made any final decision concerning the replacement of Culture Minister Anton\u00edn Stan\u011bk, Prime Minister Andrej Babi\u0161 said after a meeting at L\u00e1ny Chateau on Thursday. Mr Babi\u0161 and Deputy Prime Minister Jan Ham\u00e1\u010dek met with the head of state with the aim to resolve the dispute that could bring down the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Ham\u00e1\u010dek, leader of the Social Democrats, has threatened to walk out of the ruling coalition unless the president complies with his party\u2019s request to remove Anton\u00edn Stan\u011bk from the post of culture minister and replace him with the party\u2019s nominee Michal \u0160marda. The president has so far refused to do so, despite the fact that the prime minister officially requested the minister\u2019s dismissal over a month ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Mr Babi\u0161 repeated that he would seek a compromise in the dispute in order to preserve the ruling coalition, Mr Ham\u00e1\u010dek said he would call a special meeting of the party leadership on July 15 to discuss the party\u2019s possible exit from the government. 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