Böll·Europe Podcast - 2025 parliamentary election in Czechia 🇨🇿

Czechia voted for change – but what kind? Andrej Babiš makes a comeback, the Greens return to parliament, and populism takes a new shape. Adéla Jurečková, Director of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Prague office, breaks down the results and what they mean for Czech democracy and the EU.

On 3-4 October 2025, Czechia elected a new parliament – and marked the return of Andrej Babiš to power. His ANO party won 34.5 percent of the vote, while the governing coalition lost its majority. At the same time, the Czech Greens returned to parliament for the first time in 15 years, and female candidates achieved record success. In this episode of the Böll·Europe podcast, host Joan Lanfranco speaks with Adéla Jurečková, Director of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Prague office, about the key takeaways from the election: the rise of the Motorists’ party, voter divides between centre and periphery, Czechia’s support for Ukraine, and what to expect from a Babiš-led government in Brussels and beyond.

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