With voting taking place over Friday and Saturday, Babiš’s ANO party, which has vowed to cut taxes, increase investments and curb immigration, is expected to win 29.7% of the vote, more than twice that of any other party. The best result from the Czech elections would be chaos | Jakub Patočka Read moreAt 7.2%, the ruling Social Democrats, led by the prime minister, Bohuslav Sobotka, are on course for their worst result since the country separated from Slovakia in 1993. Apart from caretaker administrations, the Social Democrats or the Civic Democrats have led every Czech cabinet since Czechoslovakia split. However, Babiš also praises EU membership and does not share the relatively illiberal ideology of the governments in Budapest and Warsaw. “The more people organise campaigns against him the more it helps him among others,” said one ANO voter, Alena Chlostova.

Source: The Guardian October 21, 2017 14:36 UTC