(Original title: "Czech version of Trump" will return? "The EU has another headache")

The Network of Observers.

On October 4, local time, the preliminary results of the Czech House elections were announced, and former prime minister and billionaire Andrej Babis's opposition-led "Opposition Against Citizenship" (ANO) won with 35% of the vote, and Babis is expected to be the Czech prime minister again.

Babis, who calls himself a ¡°Trumpist¡±, opposes the EU¡¯s climate and immigration policies and vows to reduce support for Ukraine, noting that the election could make the Czech Republic another ¡°headache issue¡± for the EU.

Who will cooperate with?

Foreign media, such as Reuters and BBC, that the Czech House election was attended by 4,462 candidates and 26 political parties, with a voting rate of 68%, the highest level since the 1998 election.

On October 4, after votes were counted in 98% of districts, Citizens 'Dissatisfied Action took a long lead with about 35% of the vote, winning 80 of the 200 seats in the Czech House of Representatives, eight more than four years ago. The centre-right ruling coalition, Spolu, led by current Prime Minister Petr Fiala, received about 23%.

"This is a historic success," babis declared victory to supporters at the headquarters of Disgruntled Citizens Action on the evening of the 4th. "This is the pinnacle of my political career!" Babis added that he and his team will strive to make the Czech Republic "the best place to live in the EU".

Fiala conceded defeat and congratulated Babis.

Since the vote rate of "Dissatisfied Citizens Action" failed to reach an absolute majority and cannot govern alone, it will form a cabinet jointly with other political parties or political party alliances.

Babiš said ¡°Citizen Action dissatisfaction¡± hopes to rule on its own instead of forming a formal alliance, but said it will negotiate with the ¡°Motorists¡± parties that oppose the EU¡¯s green policy and the ¡°Free and Direct Democracy Movement¡± (SPD), which is anti-EU and anti-NATO, to seek support.

On October 4, 2025 local time, former Czech Prime Minister Andrei Babish (center) celebrated victory. Photo from foreign media

"Motorists" and "Free and Direct * Movement" are regarded as far-right parties, and won about 6.8% and 7.8% of the votes respectively in this election.

The BBC said that the "Dissatisfied Citizens Action" and "Motorists" have the most common denominator. These two political parties belong to the same group in the European Parliament-"European Patriots". The group was founded by Babish and Hungarian Prime Minister Orban. Herbert Kikel, leader of the Austrian Liberal Party.

Both "Dissatisfied Citizens Action" and "Motorists" are skeptical about the EU's carbon emission targets, firmly oppose Czech families bearing a greater economic burden on clean energy, and also oppose the EU's ban on the sale of fuel vehicles after 2035.

The report pointed out that compared with "Motorists", the negotiations between "Dissatisfied Citizens' Action" and "Free and Direct * Movement" may be tense. First of all, the "Free and Direct * Movement" formed a formal alliance with a number of far-right marginal parties in this election, which means that the party must give up some seats to these small parties. In addition, babis also explicitly ruled out the possibility of holding a Czech referendum on EU or NATO membership, which is the priority of the "Free and Direct * Movement".

Otto Ebil, an analyst at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic, told AFP that the "Movement for Freedom and Direct Democracy" will be the key to Babish's formation of a government."We will wait and see whether it is content to stay outside the government and exert some influence on policy."

Czech President Peter Pavel will hold talks with leaders of various parties on October 5th, local time.

Motorists leader Peter Macinka has said he is willing to negotiate with the ¡°Citizen¡¯s Action¡± and the ¡°Free and Direct Democracy Movement.¡±

Radim Fiala, deputy chairman of the Movement for Freedom and Direct Democracy, said: ¡°The aim of our participation in this election is to end the government of Peter Fiala, which is important for us, even for a minority cabinet that supports the leadership of a ¡®Citizens¡¯ Action¡¯, which will our objectives in this election.¡±

Will the EU have another "headache"?

The ¡°Citizen Action¡± is considered a populist party, founded in 2011 by Babis. The party emerged in the 2013 House elections and became the second-largest party in the House of Representatives. In the 2017 House elections, the party won with greater advantage, gained the right to lead the cabinet and co-governed with the Czech Social Democratic Party (SPD). In the House of Representatives elections in 2021, the party failed to fight the campaign coalition led by the Citizen Party and failed to enter the government.

Babiš, who led a center-left cabinet between 2017 and 2021, had hoped that the Czech Republic would join the eurozone, but has since become a skeptic of the euro and a supporter of U.S. President Trump, followed Trump's slogan MAGA, issuing a baseball hat printed "Strong Czech".

Babis shows off the baseball cap of "Strong Czech Republic" from foreign media

The French media "France 24" said that Babis called himself a "Trumpist". In some media reports, he is also called "Czech Trump".

During the campaign, the "Citizen's Action" promised to accelerate economic growth, raise wages and pensions, reduce tax burdens, and provide tax benefits for students and young families. These promises have caused a resonance among many Czechs. In recent years, Czechs faced with pressure from economic slowdown and high inflation, and people's income has declined dramatically.

On the other hand, since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Fiala government has actively provided humanitarian and military assistance to Ukraine, causing domestic dissatisfaction. Some people accused the Czech government of ignoring domestic problems and only focusing on Ukraine.

The European edition of Political News Network notes that Europe has been carefully watching the Czech elections as Babis vowed to cancel military aid to Ukraine, challenge NATO¡¯s plans to increase military spending, and confront the European Commission over the Green Deal.

Analysts say that if Babis regains power, the Czech Republic could, along with Hungary, led by Orbán, and Slovakia, led by Fico, become the EU¡¯s ¡°neck in the eye.¡±

¡°We want to save Europe,¡± Babiš told reporters on Thursday night, ¡°we are clearly pro-European and pro-NATO.¡±

After "Disgruntled Citizens' Action" won the election, Orban quickly congratulated babis on social media: "The truth prevailed! Andrej Babis won the Czech parliamentary election with a convincing lead. The Czech Republic has taken a big step, which is good news for Europe. Congratulations Andrei!"

Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán poses photo of Babiš with Orbán X account

To become Czech prime minister, Mr. Babiš also needs to overcome a number of obstacles, including his conflict of interests as a chemical and food manufacturing giant, and long-standing allegations of fraud related to receiving EU subsidies 15 years ago.

¡°With regard to the conflict of interest I have promised to the president that I will meet with him and show him a solution in accordance with Czech and European law,¡± Babiš said.