Billionaire Andrej Babis’ victory could draw the country closer to EU mavericks Hungary and Slovakia, which oppose sanctions on Russia
The party of billionaire ex-premier Andrej Babis topped the Czech general election on Saturday with 97 per cent of the vote counted, according to official results.
His ANO (Yes) party, campaigning on pledges of welfare and halting military aid to Ukraine, scored 35.2 per cent of the vote in a country of 10.9 million people.
The Together grouping of outgoing Prime Minister Petr Fiala came second with 22.9 per cent, ahead of its coalition partner STAN with 11.1 per cent.
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