‘Czech Trump’ Andrej Babiš won the Czech general elections on Saturday. ANO, the party of Babiš, secured over 29% of the votes and it won in every constituent. The Czech Republic is the third European country after the Netherlands and Germany where the ‘Grand Coalition’ loses control after elections. In the Czech Republic, the Social democratic ČSSD and centre right ODS have ruled since the fall of communism, but this era has come to an end.

The far-right scored a surprise success. The fiercely anti-immigrant and anti-European Freedom and Direct Democracy party came fourth after Babiš’ ANO and former prime minister Václav Klaus ODS and Pirate Party. The pro-European party TOP 09 scored highest among extraterritorial voters, but nonetheless came second-last with 7 out of 200 seats.

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