Given the cost of propping up the koruna as the government wobbled into place, joining the common currency soon seems wise.

ECONOMIST: Slovakia's odd coalition

Ehud Barak's coalition government in Israel wobbled after the ultra-Orthodox Shas party said it would pull out after a row over money for its religious schools.

ECONOMIST: Kims together

That wobbled along until 1998 when the coalition split, and the National Party carried on as a minority government.

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