Chairman of opposition “ANO” (YES) motion Andrej Babiš arrives to solid his poll at a polling station in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on Friday. The populist billionaire gained a parliamentary election on Saturday.
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PRAGUE — Billionaire Andrej Babiš turned one other populist chief in Central Europe to stage a political comeback by successful huge within the Czech Republic’s parliamentary election, in response to practically full outcomes Saturday.
That consequence might steer the nation away from supporting Ukraine and towards Hungary and Slovakia, which have taken a pro-Russian path.
With the outcomes of 99.5% of the polling stations counted by the Statistics Workplace, Babiš’ ANO (YES) motion captured 34.7% of the vote, soundly beating the Collectively conservative coalition of Prime Minister Petr Fiala that obtained 23.2%.
