{"id":7211,"date":"2019-05-22T08:22:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T07:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/?p=7211"},"modified":"2019-05-22T00:28:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T23:28:05","slug":"ano-ods-find-common-ground-in-vision-for-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/ano-ods-find-common-ground-in-vision-for-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"ANO & ODS Find Common Ground In Vision For EU"},"content":{"rendered":"

The two largest parties in the Czech Republic, Prime Minister Andrej Babi\u0161\u2019s ANO (ALDE) and the Civic Democratic Party (ODS, ECR), have found common ground in their vision for the EU future: a stronger nation.\u00a0EURACTIV Czech Republic reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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All nine parliamentary parties are running in the EU elections. ANO is expected to win, followed by Civic Democratic Party and Pirates (currently not represented in the EU Parliament).<\/p>\n

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Two parliamentary parties, the TOP 09 and Mayors and Independents, have created a pro-European coalition together with smaller regional groupings and the Green party, which is not very popular in the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

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On the opposite side of the spectrum is the far-right Freedom and Direct Democracy Party.<\/p>\n

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Beyond the parliamentary parties, there are also two new political movements established by two MEPs: Hlas founded by EU Parliament vice-president Pavel Teli\u010dka (ALDE) and EPP lawmaker Jaromir Stetina\u2019s Europe together.<\/p>\n

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Confusing political messages<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Czech prime minister often says the EU is a great project; however, this is not reflected in his party\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n

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The slogan \u201cWe will protect Czechia with strength and without compromise\u201d is closer to a nationalist party\u2019s rhetoric than a centrist\u2019s one.<\/p>\n

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When it comes to ANO\u2019s election programme itself, the protection against illegal migration, the fight against mandatory refugee quotas and the reinforcement of EU external borders are undoubtedly prioritised.<\/p>\n

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In their campaigns, both ANO and ODS emphasise that voice of the nations should be stronger in the EU and all parties are pushing for a \u201cbetter Europe\u201d, though without having a concrete plan.<\/p>\n

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A few days before the election, there is still heated debate over the\u00a0dual quality of food<\/a>\u00a0sold in Western and Eastern Europe. This topic became useful for the governing party\u2019s campaign although it was the social democrats who unveiled it.<\/p>\n

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Babi\u0161\u2019s view of the EU\u2019s future is considerably different from that of ALDE\u2019s leader, Guy Verhofstadt. However, it is expected that ANO will remain an ally of the liberal family, while the unaffiliated Pirates are eyeing the Greens.<\/p>\n

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ODS will remain one of the building blocks of the reformists and conservatives, as well as Pro-European alliance TOP 09 and STAN in the EPP. On the other hand, the Freedom and Direct Democracy party will join Salvini or Le Pen\u2019s far-right movement.<\/p>\n

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Babi\u0161 is one of the EU leaders who don\u2019t support the\u00a0Spitzenkandidaten<\/em>\u00a0process, whereby the new Commission chief is chosen from among the lead candidates nominated by political groups, rather than member states.<\/p>\n

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He recently said the future EU Commission president should actually be chosen by the nominated Commissioners.<\/p>\n

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As for the next Czech Commissioner, although Babi\u0161 has not clearly confirmed it yet, it is possible that Commissioner V\u011bra Jourov\u00e1 will continue in her current role as EU justice chief.<\/p>\n

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Via Euractiv<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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