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Sweden's prime minister Ulf Kristersson (l), EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen, and Swedish monarch, King Carl XVI Gustaf last week at the kick-off event of the country's six-month EU presidency (Photo: European Commission)

Anti-corruption fixes, Davos, and the Czechs This WEEK

Welcome back to the Agenda. Let's kick off 2023 with an election, some corruption, the elite-gathering in Davos, and the remains of Brexit.

Over the weekend, the Czechs voted for the aspiring successors to the eurosceptic, pro-Russian — at least before Ukraine's invasion — president Miloš Zeman, and who has been in power for a decade.

Retired general Petr Pavel, 61, who is running as an independent, will face off former p...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Sweden's prime minister Ulf Kristersson (l), EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen, and Swedish monarch, King Carl XVI Gustaf last week at the kick-off event of the country's six-month EU presidency (Photo: European Commission)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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