Politics

Opinion: How Central Europe's moderate conservatives lost the plot and their voters

In the Czech Republic, Andrej Babiš's populist ANO party framed the 2025 election as a fight for “normal people, not elites.” (PAP/EPA)
In the Czech Republic, Andrej Babiš's populist ANO party framed the 2025 election as a fight for “normal people, not elites.” (PAP/EPA)

The collapse of the center-right has left politics unbalanced.