He said the CSSD was prepared to support such a temporary cabinet for two or three months. Paroubek ruled out the possibility of a big coalition of the two major parties, the CSSD and the Civic Democrats (ODS) of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek. The centre-right coalition government, including also the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) and the Greens (SZ), recently failed to push some of its plans through parliament as some coalition MPs joined the opposition in votes. All three government parties have been recently tormented by internal disputes. Topolanek said earlier this week he does not consider influential ODS MP Vlastimil Tlusty a member of his party anymore.
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(Ceske Noviny)
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