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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolf" data-source="post: 145279" data-attributes="member: 199">Won't happen. It'll be rigged.<a href="https://www.rt.com/" target="_blank">Home</a><a href="https://www.rt.com/news/" target="_blank">World News</a><h3>‘Czech Trump’ set to shift central Europe away from Brussels</h3>Polls suggest that former Prime Minister Andrej Babis is likely to return to power<img src="https://mf.b37mrtl.ru/files/2025.10/xxs/68e0fda7203027617b3b9034.jpg" alt="‘Czech Trump’ set to shift central Europe away from Brussels" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The leader of ANO party, Andrej Babis, casts his ballot at a polling station in Ostrava.  © Getty Images / Lukas KabonThe Czech Republic is electing a new parliament on Friday and Saturday, with the party of right-wing eurosceptic Andrej Babis, who has been campaigning on a promise to stop military assistance to Ukraine, now seen as the favorite.The voting in the central European nation of some 11 million is scheduled to conclude at 2pm local time (12:00 GMT), with preliminary results to be announced later in the day.The final polls, released earlier this week, suggest that the ANO (Yes) party of billionaire agriculture tycoon Babis, nicknamed the ‘Czech Trump’ by the media, is expected to clinch victory with more than 29% of the vote, beating the current center-right ruling coalition Spolu (Together) by around 9%.The cabinet of Prime Minister Petr Fiala entered the election with the lowest ratings for any Czech government in more than decade, with the public angry over austerity measures and corruption scandals within the administration.Experts believe that no party will be able to gain a decisive majority, with the winner likely having to negotiate a coalition or settle for a minority government.Unlike Fiala, who has been a staunch supporter of Kiev during its conflict with Moscow, Babis has promised to cut aid to Ukraine if he returns to office.The 71-year-old has been particularly critical of Prague’s ammunition initiative for Ukraine, calling it “overpriced” and insisting that it should be handled by NATO.He previously spoke against Kiev’s membership in the EU, while also contradicting Brussels on such issues as immigration and the Green deal.ANO is one of the allies of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in his right-wing Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament.<a href="https://www.rt.com/russia/625873-lithuania-culture-minister-resigns-crimea/" target="_blank">READ MORE: Lithuanian culture minister lasts a week over Crimea row</a>The Western media has warned that with Hungary and Slovakia already refusing to provide military aid to Kiev and urging a diplomatic end to the conflict, Babis’ victory could tip Central Europe even further away from Brussels on Ukraine and other issues</blockquote>

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