Český rozhlas | European election results are a sobering wake-up call for ruling parties

If we look at the election results in the Czech Republic, there are many interesting aspects. The success of the opposition ANO party, which won the election, was widely expected. The second place for the Spolu (Together) coalition of the ruling parties is not so bad, I think, given that it is quite normal in European elections that voters tend to punish the ruling parties. Then, we saw the very surprising success of various far-right and far-left parties. The success of the Oath and Motorists coalition is very shocking I would say, because the leader of the coalition had some issues and trouble in the course of the campaign with his connection to the neo-Nazi movement. He was seen doing the Nazi salute on a photograph and he had a swastika in his home as we could see in one of the live streams, so all this is very troubling.

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