Thread by @bctallis

While researching for an analytical article (see tweet 4) on #Czechia's presidential elections (1st round this week), I conducted an interview with a leading candidate @danusenerudova to find out more about her positions.
Read the full interview here
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expats.cz/czech-news/art…

@danusenerudova is up against Petr Pavel @general_pavel & oligarch & former PM @AndrejBabis
- While Pavel pledges to restore order, Nerudova has a vision of change.

Either would be far, far better than #Babis who could undermine🇨🇿's intl standing & support for #Ukraine.

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Both Pavel & Nerudova will unify the anti-Babis vote in the second round but both have been criticised.
Pavel, more conservative, for his communist past. Nerudova, more liberal, for a scandal at her university - (+ some say she is lightweight but that may be partly misogyny).
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What I found interesting was Nerudova's
1. Willingness to embrace the #NeoIdealist foreign policy of @JanLipavsky - & identify with e.g. Kaja Kallas & Sanna Marin.
2. Desire to rethink the country's economic basis - & put her expertise to this purpose
expats.cz/czech-news/art…
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See what you think of Nerudova's answers to my Qs (intended to allow her to lay out her positions rather than to interrogate them). I pushed her on the economics aspects & about the limits of tolerance but you can find my full analysis (from Nov) here.
politico.eu/article/czech-…
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