The billionaire former prime minister defeated a pro-Western coalition led by Prime Minister Petr Fiala to emerge victorious in Saturday's ballot.
Billionaire Andrej Babiš and his ANO (YES) movement have won Czechia's parliamentary elections with 34.6 percent of the vote, partial results indicated on Saturday.
With around 99 percent of votes counted, ANO looked poised to take power from Prime Minister Petr Fiala's pro-Western coalition who won around 23.3% of the vote this year.
The major anti-migrant force, the Freedom and Direct Democracy party got 8.3% while a right-wing group calling itself the Motorists for Themselves party received 7.1%.
The two are potential partners for Babiš, who with 86 seats will need the support of another party to form a coalition. He has ruled out cooperation with the other five parties that were in government after the 2021 election, in which he lost.
- There is concern in the EU ranks that Andrej Babiš will possibly join Viktor Orban’s camp.
- The EU is afraid that the Czech Republic might lower their support for Ukraine under Babiš.
- It is also being reported that China might help Russia target sites in Ukraine, by providing them with satellite intelligence.
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