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Czech Parliamentary Election Is Over: What Do the Results Say?

Ladislav Zemánek October 21, 2021

This article was published online by the China-CEE Institute on 18 October 2021. Czechia - A regular election for the Chamber of Deputies, the lower chamber of the Czech Parliament, was held on October 8–9. The results are interesting for several reasons. The…

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Andrej Babiš has little chance of remaining Prime Minister after parliamentary elections

The Editorial Board October 12, 2021

Czechia – On 8 and 9 October, the Czechs voted to elect a new parliament. After an extremely close match, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš may not keep his job. The elections also showed that Czech politics is polarised around two personalities, Andrej…

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Czech PM Babiš to Face the Vote of No Confidence on Friday

Petr Dvořák November 23, 2018

Czechia - Czech Prime minister Andrej Babiš is about to face the vote of no confidence today. He will probably handle it just fine but the story behind it is fascinating. It is the story of how Babiš's suspected EU grant fraud…

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Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš supports Orbán and severely disavowed his MEPs

Nicolas de Lamberterie September 18, 2018

By Nicolas de Lamberterie. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš supports Orbán and severely disavowed his MEPs - an illustration of the youth of the Visegrád Group 2.0 Czechia - The adoption of the Sargentini report against Hungary (challenged by the Hungarian government because…

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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…