Voting in the presidential elections in the Czech Republic took place today If you thought that our presidential elections were, so to speak, unusual and different, then it is good to see how it looks in the Czech Republic
Controversial Zeman After ten years, the successor of Miloš Zeman, a left-wing populist who is not in favor of Europe, is more inclined to Russia and China, and is not in favor of migrants and Muslims, is being chosen He was accused of, unlike previous Czech presidents, trying to influence state politics too much even though his constitutional powers are very small, similar to ours, one would say
But now he will be succeeded by one of the three likely candidates who, according to the polls, appear among the eight whose names were on the ballots today and yesterday Andrej Babiš is certainly interesting among them, one of the richest Czechs who was also the prime minister until the last parliamentary elections
Although he achieved a good result with his ANO, he decided not to try to form a government, partly because of the situation in which he was prosecuted for the embezzlement of European money He is accused of concealing ownership in a company that received two million euros of European money intended for the construction of a new congress center not far from Prague
However, on Monday, the indictment was dismissed and he was acquitted, which opened the way for him to the presidential elections Czech analysts claim that this could also mean an advantage for Babiš, even though the vice president of his party announced that he would not vote for him
However, according to the polls, Babiš is the leading candidate, so it is obvious that many Czechs believed his version of events that is, that it is about political persecution
He is not leading with a big advantage, he gets 26 5 percent of the votes, but if he wins it could mean the continuation of Zeman's policy in some important areas such as the non-Western orientation
Another interesting candidate is the independent Petr Pavel, otherwise a general who was the Chief of Staff of the czech armed forces and the chairman of NATO's military committee But he is credited with having been a member of the Communist Party in the years before the Pink Revolution
He defends himself that otherwise he would not have been able to advance in the army and that he never hid it The general, as they like to call him, built his campaign on a pro-European stance, support for Ukraine and energy self-sustainability
We also have one lady, Danuše Nerudová, the only candidate for the presidency of the Czech Republic, economist and university professor and former rector of the Mendel University in Brno No one is clean
All of these would be nice references if she were not accused of plagiarism and shortening curves during her doctorate, as well as selling diplomas at the university she ran And she admitted that she could have reacted to those accusations more quickly, but that she had not done anything illegal, while she claims that she did not even know about the sale of diplomas
She based her campaign on better education, equal rights for all and pension reform And these two candidates do not achieve enough to win in the first round, nor any decisive advantage
Also, according to polls, they are somewhere up to 27 percent It is therefore a triathlon of Western values, Pavel and Nerudová support same-sex marriage, which is not allowed in the Czech Republic, the fight against climate change and support the EU, while Babiš does not give up his populist views, which rarely coincide with the views of the other two serious candidates for Zeman's seat
According to the Median agency polls, there will certainly be a second round, but Andrej Babiš would not beat either Berudova or Pavel in the second round, and Pavel would probably beat Nerudova >> VIDEO You can spend kuna today, and a big change awaits citizens from tomorrow at ATMs
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CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENT The czech court acquitted former Prime Minister Babiš of the charge of fraud with EU subsidies THE velvet revolution czechs and Slovaks to states without a shot being fired STRONG INFLUENCE Second day of presidential elections in the Czech Republic: Close race between three candidates but Andrej Babiš would not beat either Berudova or Pavel in the second round, and Pavel would probably beat Nerudova >> VIDEO You can spend kuna today, and a big change awaits citizens from tomorrow at ATMs
Your browser does not allow you to view this content CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENT The czech court acquitted former Prime Minister Babiš of the charge of fraud with EU subsidies THE velvet revolution czechs and Slovaks to states without a shot being fired STRONG INFLUENCE Second day of presidential elections in the Czech Republic: Close race between three candidates
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