Central European Czech voters choose Leftist pro-Europe candidate wins Czech Presidency: Czech support for European Union could prove essential to project
Pro-Europe leftist wins Czech presidency, trumps aristocrat
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Czechs chose Europe-friendly leftist and ex-premier Milos Zeman as their new president Saturday for the first time by direct popular vote, as he trounced his conservative aristocrat rival with an anti-austerity campaign. At 68 the burly, silver-haired Zeman scored 54.8-percent in the second-round vote.
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Milos Zeman, bold ex-communist scores Czech presidency
A tough, outspoken chain smoker who loves a glass of wine, Europe-friendly leftist Milos Zeman replaces ardent eurosceptic Vaclav Klaus as president of the Czech Republic. Beating conservative Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, ex-prime minister Zeman garnered 54.8 percent of the vote against 45.
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