PM Fiala’s remaining four-party coalition now only has a narrow parliamentary majority and is unlikely to stop the Patriots’ resurgent ANO from taking back control next year.
Media reports celebrate the governing parties’ success in retaining their majority, but not one of the five coalition members could defeat Babiš’s sovereigntists alone.
Following his decisive victory over Andrej Babiš, the 61-year-old Petr Pavel told supporters that “values like truth, dignity, respect and modesty have won.”
