The party of populist Billionaire Andrej Babis is the Big Winner of the Czech Parliamentary Elections. Action of Dissatffied Citizens (ANO) Comes out to about 36 percent, after counting approxroximately 97 percent of the votes.
Babis, a Euroceptic, promised His Voters That Czechia Will Stop Arms Deliveries to Ukraine and That Energy Prices Will Be Lower. The Populist is Considered An Ally of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and is a Self-Declared Supporter of American President Donald Trump.
The European Union is Following the Political Developments in Czechia with Suspicion. Brussels Fears That Babis Will Enter Into An Alliance with Orbán and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
The Current Prime Minister Petr Fiala Has Already Congratulated Babis on His Victory. Fiala’s Party Comes out to about 23 percent of the votes, and his coalition partner to a tight 11 percent. This Means That They Will Lose Their Majority in The Czech Parliament.
Babis Says Hey Wants To Hold Coalition Talks with Two Right-Wing Radical Parties: Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) and the ‘Motorists’. They obtain 8 and 7 percent of the votes respectively, which mean that as a trio they now have a slight majority in Parliament.
Ano was Already Well Ahead in the Polls. The result is slightly lower than what analysts predicted earlier on Saturday: they suspended that babis would end up with about 38 percent of the votes.