Czechia’s Populist Return: Babiš, Coalition Hardliners and the European Union Friction Map

In December 2025, Czech politics entered a new phase of populist incumbency as President Petr Pavel appointed Andrej Babiš Prime Minister, returning the right-wing party ANO to power after four years in opposition. The October election outcome matters less as a routine alternation than as a governing reconfiguration: Babiš’ parliamentary arithmetic ties cabinet survival to...

Czechia’s 2025 Election Meets a Nuclear Test: The KHNP Tender

Czechia heads to the polls on 3-4 October 2025, with an election framed as a choice between continuity under Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s centre-right coalition and a return to government by Andrej Babiš’s Action of Dissatisfied Citizens (hereinafter: the ANO). Recent polling puts ANO ahead, sharpening the campaign’s focus on energy prices, industrial policy and...