Overview

• With nearly all districts counted, ANO leads on 34.9% while the governing Spolu bloc trails near 23%, and STAN and the Pirates follow in double and high single digits.
• ANO lacks an outright majority and is expected to explore either a deal with the ultraright SPD and the Motorists party or a tolerated minority arrangement.
• Babiš pledged to stop Czech weapons deliveries to Ukraine, threatening the continuation of Prague’s high-profile artillery munitions initiative.
• Party realignment places ANO in the Patriots for Europe group alongside Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz, pointing to a potentially more Eurosceptic stance in Brussels.
• A revived legal risk hangs over Babiš after a court overturned his acquittal in the Stork’s Nest subsidy case, which could advance if parliament lifts his immunity.