Nevertheless, corruption and the lack of political agencies' autonomy has been a hereditary problem from the earlier communist regime. ... Overall, the Czech Republic scored on the comparative democratization scale in the middle compared to the two other countries. ... (Freedom House, 2014) President Komorowski remains the most trusted politician, in contrast to the declining popularity of the Prime Minister's government that voted down the petition for referendum regarding the lowering of school age from seven to six, even though, seventy percent of the population wanted referendum....

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