Czech voters have only just voted in national elections so persuading them to go to the urns once more is seen as the biggest challenge ahead of the May EU vote.
Nevertheless unexpected candidates have already popped up to make it a lively campaign.
The elections at the end of October last year brought victory to the social democrats, with 20.45 percent of the vote, and to a new protest movement known as ANO 2011 which got 18.65 percent.
Together with the Christian Democrat...
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