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Most Czech voters agree with their government’s pro-Ukraine stance, but oppose its economic policy, which is likely to be the deciding factor in next week’s general election. The opposition is waiting in the wings.It’s a beautiful September afternoon in the Czech capital, Prague. Football fans are making their way to a Champions League match in the stadium that is home to soccer club Slavia Prague. A group of campaigners with wicker baskets and cloth bags full of flyers and pens stands outside the nearby Eden shopping mall. Among them is Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky, who is watched carefully by a discreet security detail. Lipavsky is one of the senior members of the ruling center-right political alliance, Spolu (Together), and also one of its most popular politicians. He is here to persuade voters to back the government of Prime Minister Petr Fiala in the parliamentary election on October 3 and 4, giving them another four years in office. Pro-Ukraine and a Western orientation “This election is really about t

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