European Parliament elections: Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia – a stark confrontation between populists and democrats

Friday, Jun 7, 2024

Gazeta Wyborcza

Exciting elections ongoing in Czech Republic and Slovakia; Babisz’s party leads polls against ruling coalition.

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The most exciting campaign is ongoing in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with the outcome still uncertain. In the Czech Republic, voting has begun between the ruling coalition Spolu (Together), which includes conservative ODS, centrist TOP09, and Christian Democrats KDU-CSL, and Andrej Babiš’s ANO party. Polls show a slight advantage for Babiš’s group, who criticized Prime Minister Petr Fiala during a televised debate, accusing him among other things of implementing a disastrous Green Deal for the Czech Republic. Fiala countered by pointing out that Babiš’s previous government supported climate neutrality for the Czech Republic until 2050.

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