{"id":5197,"date":"2018-01-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\/"},"modified":"2021-12-16T11:59:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T09:59:59","slug":"commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Commentary on the first round of Czech presidential elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cIncumbent Czech President Milo\u0161 Zeman, who <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/euobserver.com\/opinion\/133789\"><em>acts as a trojan horse for the Kremlin<\/em><\/a><em>, will grapple with pro-Atlantic Professor Ji\u0159\u00ed Draho\u0161 in the second round. Given his widespread support and popular standing, as well as his multiple endorsements from other candidates, Professor Draho\u0161 has a strong chance at winning. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The deciding factor is expected to be the intensive disinformation campaign directed against Professor Draho\u0161 in the last two weeks prior to the second round. We&#8217;ve already seen a growing number of attacks related to migration and his personal affairs, which is likely to intensify. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Direct Russian support for the campaign of President Zeman has already begun. The headquarters of Lukoil in Moscow has paid off the <\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanvalues.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Policy-shift-overview-How-the-Czech-Republic-became-one-of-the-European-leaders-in-countering-Russian-disinformation-1.pdf\">personal debt of Mr. Martin Nejedl\u00fd in October 2016<\/a><u>,<\/u><\/em><em> chief advisor and de facto campaign manager of President Zeman. It becomes clear that the Kremlin has bought the key advisor behind the Czech President, who is now running for re-election.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Summary of the Kremlin influence in the Czech Republic is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanvalues.net\/vyzkum\/kremlins-hostile-influence-czech-republic-state-play\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanvalues.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Bez-n\u00e1zvu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"205\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIncumbent Czech President Milo\u0161 Zeman, who acts as a trojan horse for the Kremlin, will grapple with pro-Atlantic Professor Ji\u0159\u00ed Draho\u0161 in the second round. Given his widespread support and popular standing, as well as his multiple endorsements from other candidates, Professor Draho\u0161 has a strong chance at winning. The deciding factor is expected to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Commentary on the first round of Czech presidential elections - European Values Center for Security Policy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"cs_CZ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Commentary on the first round of Czech presidential elections - European Values Center for Security Policy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cIncumbent Czech President Milo\u0161 Zeman, who acts as a trojan horse for the Kremlin, will grapple with pro-Atlantic Professor Ji\u0159\u00ed Draho\u0161 in the second round. Given his widespread support and popular standing, as well as his multiple endorsements from other candidates, Professor Draho\u0161 has a strong chance at winning. The deciding factor is expected to [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"European Values Center for Security Policy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-13T22:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-16T09:59:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-felix-mittermeier-1269805-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1047\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"unicornsarereal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Napsal(a)\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"unicornsarereal\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Odhadovan\u00e1 doba \u010dten\u00ed\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minuta\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/cs\\\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/cs\\\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"unicornsarereal\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/85c51e5d596f5218a05416643bad4a07\"},\"headline\":\"Commentary on the first round of Czech presidential elections\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-13T22:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-16T09:59:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/cs\\\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":176,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/cs\\\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/pexels-felix-mittermeier-1269805-scaled.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"cs\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/cs\\\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/cs\\\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\\\/\",\"name\":\"Commentary on the first round of Czech presidential elections - European Values Center for Security Policy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/cs\\\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/cs\\\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/pexels-felix-mittermeier-1269805-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-13T22:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-16T09:59:59+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/cs\\\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"cs\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/cs\\\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"cs\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/cs\\\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/pexels-felix-mittermeier-1269805-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/pexels-felix-mittermeier-1269805-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1047},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/cs\\\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Dom\u016f\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Commentary on the first round of Czech presidential elections\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"European Values Center for Security Policy\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"cs\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"European Values Center for Security Policy\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"cs\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/logo-horse.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/logo-horse.svg\",\"caption\":\"European Values Center for Security Policy\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/85c51e5d596f5218a05416643bad4a07\",\"name\":\"unicornsarereal\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"cs\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/078d42ada0e50e4e21a57fac5d70936f752cf74334eeaad3b51874e7c2e69e33?s=96&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/078d42ada0e50e4e21a57fac5d70936f752cf74334eeaad3b51874e7c2e69e33?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/078d42ada0e50e4e21a57fac5d70936f752cf74334eeaad3b51874e7c2e69e33?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"unicornsarereal\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/europeanvalues.cz\\\/cs\\\/author\\\/unicornsarereal\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Commentary on the first round of Czech presidential elections - European Values Center for Security Policy","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\/","og_locale":"cs_CZ","og_type":"article","og_title":"Commentary on the first round of Czech presidential elections - European Values Center for Security Policy","og_description":"\u201cIncumbent Czech President Milo\u0161 Zeman, who acts as a trojan horse for the Kremlin, will grapple with pro-Atlantic Professor Ji\u0159\u00ed Draho\u0161 in the second round. Given his widespread support and popular standing, as well as his multiple endorsements from other candidates, Professor Draho\u0161 has a strong chance at winning. The deciding factor is expected to [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\/","og_site_name":"European Values Center for Security Policy","article_published_time":"2018-01-13T22:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-12-16T09:59:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1047,"url":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-felix-mittermeier-1269805-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"unicornsarereal","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Napsal(a)":"unicornsarereal","Odhadovan\u00e1 doba \u010dten\u00ed":"1 minuta"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\/"},"author":{"name":"unicornsarereal","@id":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/85c51e5d596f5218a05416643bad4a07"},"headline":"Commentary on the first round of Czech presidential elections","datePublished":"2018-01-13T22:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-12-16T09:59:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\/"},"wordCount":176,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-felix-mittermeier-1269805-scaled.jpg","inLanguage":"cs"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\/","url":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\/","name":"Commentary on the first round of Czech presidential elections - European Values Center for Security Policy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-felix-mittermeier-1269805-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2018-01-13T22:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-12-16T09:59:59+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"cs","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"cs","@id":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-felix-mittermeier-1269805-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-felix-mittermeier-1269805-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1047},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/commentary-on-the-first-round-of-czech-presidential-elections\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Dom\u016f","item":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Commentary on the first round of Czech presidential elections"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/","name":"European Values Center for Security Policy","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"cs"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/#organization","name":"European Values Center for Security Policy","url":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"cs","@id":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/logo-horse.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/logo-horse.svg","caption":"European Values Center for Security Policy"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/85c51e5d596f5218a05416643bad4a07","name":"unicornsarereal","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"cs","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/078d42ada0e50e4e21a57fac5d70936f752cf74334eeaad3b51874e7c2e69e33?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/078d42ada0e50e4e21a57fac5d70936f752cf74334eeaad3b51874e7c2e69e33?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/078d42ada0e50e4e21a57fac5d70936f752cf74334eeaad3b51874e7c2e69e33?s=96&r=g","caption":"unicornsarereal"},"url":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/author\/unicornsarereal\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}