PRAGUE: Billionaire ex-premier and self-described “Trumpist” Andrej Babis’s party looks set to top the Czech general election next weekend, possibly drawing the Ukraine ally closer to EU mavericks Hungary and Slovakia. The Czech Republic’s current center-right coalition government, in power in the EU and NATO member since 2021, has supported Kyiv in the face of Russia’s invasion, welcoming war refugees and providing military aid. But Babis’s return to power could spell rocky relations with both Kyiv and Brussels.

In der Tschechischen Republik steht Andrej Babiš vor einer Rückkehr an die Macht. Seine Gegner warnen vor ihm. Doch das politische System gilt als stabil.

PRAGUE: Billionaire ex-premier and self-described “Trumpist” Andrej Babis’s party looks set to top the Czech general election next weekend, possibly drawing the Ukraine ally…