3 Czech center-right parties say they are ready to form new coalition government

Published November 17, 2014

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic is moving closer to getting a center-right government after three parties that captured the most votes in a parliamentary election say they are ready to support a coalition.

Saturday's ballot gave the conservative Civic Democratic Party and two new parties — the conservative TOP 09 and the centrist Public Affairs — a comfortable majority of 118 seats in Parliament's 200-seat lower chamber.

Petr Necas, the Civic Democrats' interim chairman, said Sunday the three parties confirmed "a common will" to form a coalition. They all agreed to reduce the country's debt and carry out fundamental reforms.

The winner of the vote, the left-wing Social Democrats, has no realistic chance of creating a coalition.

Political negotiations start Monday and could take weeks.

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