Donald Trump became a lame-duck U.S. president by losing elections; Miloš Vystrčil will become a lame-duck Senate president by winning an election. Vystrčil is expected to easily win another two years at the helm of the Senate on Nov. 19, but he told Právo and Novinky.cz two weeks ago week that he probably won't run for the Senate again when his six-year term is up in two years. This unnecessary display of honesty will diminish his effectiveness as head of the upper chamber. Under normal conditions it wouldn't matter, because the role is mostly one of administration and representation. But ODS is fighting for its life and can't afford to have political weaklings in the public eye. To make matters worse, Vystrčil said that ODS should join forces with STAN for the regional elections in 2028 and then in the parliamentary elections in 2029. Admitting defeat in the battle for hegemony in the liberal center and offering ODS as a junior partner is a far cry from Václav Klaus's famous "Nothing’s over yet, let’s keep going," in 1997, or Petr Fiala's “We've only got one shot, and it starts right now,” in 2014. When ODS's leadership meets on Fri. to discuss its dire situation, it should ask itself whether Vystrčil isn't part of the problem too.
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 Source: Czech Senate ODS's Senate problemYesterday, Nov 11, 2026 Donald Trump became a lame-duck U.S. president by losing elections; Miloš Vystrčil will become a lame-duck Senate president by winning an election. Vystrčil is expected to easily win another two years at the helm of the Senate on Nov. 19, but he told Právo and Novinky.cz two weeks ago week that he probably won't run for the Senate again when his six-year term is up in two years. This unnecessary display of honesty will diminish his effectiveness as head of the upper chamber. Under normal conditions it wouldn't matter, because the role is mostly one of administration and representation. But ODS is fighting for its life and can't afford to have political weaklings in the public eye. To make matters worse, Vystrčil said that ODS should join forces with STAN for the regional elections in 2028 and then in the parliamentary elections in 2029. Admitting defeat in the battle for hegemony in the liberal center and offering ODS as a junior partner is a far cry from Václav Klaus's famous "Nothing’s over yet, let’s keep going," in 1997, or Petr Fiala's “We've only got one shot, and it starts right now,” in 2014. When ODS's leadership meets on Fri. to discuss its dire situation, it should ask itself whether Vystrčil isn't part of the problem too. |
