Posted on 10/21/2017 6:53:48 PM PDT by Nextrush
Populist billionaire Andrej Babis and his party have won the Czech Republic's general election.
Mr. Babis, 63, is the country's second-richest man and campaigned on an anti-establishment and Eurosceptic platform.
With all votes counted, his centrist movement ANO (Yes) collected a share of almost 30%-nearly three times that of the closet rival....
he was not prepared to cooperate with either the far-right, anti-EU Freedom and Direct Democracy Party or the Communist Psrty....
He says he would not bring the Czech Republic into the Eurozone, but he wants the country to stay in the EU, telling Reuters he would propose changes to the European Council on issues like food quality and a "solution to migration".....
The BBC's correspondent in Prague, Rob Cameron, said the SPD's (Freedom and Direct Democracy) performance was particularly noteworthy, as the far-right party wants to ban Islam in the Czech Republic. Its leader has urged Czech's to walk pigs near mosques........
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But he is also called a "centrist" in this report.
He has to build a coalition with other parties to govern now but his party was way ahead of the rest.
He is anti immigrant for those from islamist backgrounds.
I like these guys.
Yeah, I like them too............lol
Where’re you going Johnny?
Just taking my pig for a walk Mom.
Pirates finished 3rd? Brave newworld
LOL....
Some kind of strong, not in need of a job with independent ideas, guy is elected and turns the establishment over to the ER.
Only left-wing billionaires are allowed to hold office.
Czechs don’t take no sziht.
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