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

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by Eszter Zalan, Brussels,

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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Author Bio

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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