But walking through Prague in 2025, listening to voters in pubs in Brno, talking to students in Olomouc – I hear something different. Not anger. Not hope. Just . The absence of belief that voting changes anything. The absence of a story large enough to contain their frustrations.
The real ghost is the . ČSSD is dead. Its corpse was buried in 2021 with 4.7% of the vote. The Greens ( Zelení ) are alive but brain-dead, trapped in a 2000s climate nostalgia. The new “progressive” hope, Můj Hlas (My Voice), launched by a former Pirate splinter in 2024, peaked at 6% and then fractured over – you guessed it – internal party democracy rules. czech parties 5 part 6
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