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An earthquake of an election in Czechia

Ladislav Zemánek October 23, 2017

By Ladislav Zemánek. Czechia - Parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic were held on Friday and Saturday. And they brought somewhat surprising results. We are witnessing a triumph of a man who is sometimes called Czech Trump or Czech Berlusconi. We are witnessing…

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How Macron failed in Central Europe

Ferenc Almássy August 29, 2017

By Ferenc Almássy. Central Europe - One of French President Emmanuel Macron's campaign promises was to take action against the "social dumping" caused by workers from "Eastern Europe." In the view of the pro-European candidate, this situation has arisen primarily due to…

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The Czech populist party wins regional elections

The Editorial Board October 9, 2016

Czechia - Official results announced this Saturday, October 8, that ANO, the Czech populist party founded by Andrej Babiš in 2011, won the majority of votes in the regional elections. Andrej Babiš, currently finance minister, could then consider becoming Prime Minister. The…

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The AfD supports the Visegrád group

The Editorial Board August 23, 2016

Germany - The AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) expressed its support to Czechia for not accepting migrant quotas. German Chancellor Angel Merkel will visit Prague on August 25 in order to make the country accept to take in migrants. Petr Bystron from the Bavarian…