Articles for tag: Andrej Babiš, Miloš Zeman, Tomio Okamura

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President Zeman Consolidates Power With Controversial Alliances

Prague, Feb 21 (CTK) – Czech President Milos Zeman has struck a close alliance with scandal-ridden but still very popular leaders Andrej Babis (ANO) and Tomio Okamura (SPD) and he legitimises their controversial statements in order to strengthen his own position, Vojtech Srnka writes in Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) today.   ANO and the SPD ...

Matt Atlas

Babiš and Zeman Plotting Post-Election Czexit?

As Rebecca Perring writes in Express.co.uk a post-election Czexit could be in play. Excerpt below. Billionaire former finance minister Andrej Babis is heading up a campaign steered towards Czechs who feel forgotten by the Brussels club, and his anti-EU rhetoric is gathering momentum, as polls predict he will seize power in the October elections.  His anti-establishment party ...

Matt Atlas

Czech Leaders Battle Over Russia Sanctions

Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka rebukes President Miloš Zeman Tuesday over reckless comments against EU Russia sanctions.   Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka took to Twitter Tuesday to publicly scold President Miloš Zeman and reiterate that Mr Zeman’s Pro-Kremlin agenda is not supported by the Czech government.   Zemanův projev v Radě Evropy byl v příkrém ...

The Last Rebellion of Prime Minister Sobotka

On the day the Czech Republic commemorates the May Uprising of the Czech People, Bohuslav Sobotka’s prime minister unleashed a conflict on the Czech political scene that he has not experienced yet. “Bohuslav Sobotka decided that he would make a hard fight against all. Not just to the president, “explains Sputnik, political analyst Štěpán Kotrba, ...