The Czech Trump wins an election, again
Andrej Babis, a populist billionaire, looks set to return after a term out of power
THE CZECH REPUBLIC’S general election on October 3rd and 4th was the culmination of an unusually bitter campaign. In September Andrej Babis, the populist billionaire and frontrunner, was hit on the head with a crutch by a pensioner, briefly landing him in hospital. Mr Babis and Petr Fiala, the incumbent prime minister, traded petty insults in arguments over everything from foreign policy to the price of butter. On the latter occasion the challenger called the prime minister a “fool” whose brain was clouded by “anti-Babisism”.
Andrej Babis, the Czech billionaire making a political comeback
Accusations of corruption and conflicts of interest seem not to hinder his campaign
How bad is America’s icebreaker gap with Russia?
Finland has something special that America wants
Italy’s regions are creating a right to die
They are acting as parliament has failed to do so
How Europe crushes innovation
Labour rules devised in the 20th century are hobbling Europe in the 21st
The unravelling of France’s centrist project
There is a real chance that power will fall into the hands of the extremes
Europe’s biggest military project could collapse
Industrial bickering is putting the Future Combat Air System at risk