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Populist billionaire's eurosceptic party wins big in Czech Republic

Andrej Babis and his ANO movement decisively won the Czech Republic's election today in a vote that shifted the country to the right.

Populist billionaire's eurosceptic party wins big in Czech Republic

Sat, 21 Oct, 2017 - 22:03

Populist billionaire Andrej Babis and his ANO movement decisively won the Czech Republic's election today in a vote that shifted the country to the right.

The results paved the way for the Eurosceptic to lead the country, as with votes from 99.6% of all polling stations counted by the Czech Statistics Office, ANO had 29.7%.

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