Czech Republic: former PM Babis set for victory in parliamentary elections
Europe • Oct 3, 2025, 1:01 PM
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Czechs began voting on Friday in an election likely to oust their centre-right government, with polls favouring populist billionaire Andrej Babis to return to power on pledges to raise wages and lift growth while reducing aid for Ukraine. The change would boost Europe's populist anti-immigration camp and could complicate consensus on climate policies in a country where no sitting government has won a second term since 1996. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Prague, Ian Willoughby.
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