Overview

• ANO won 34.5% of the vote and 80 of 200 seats, leaving Andrej Babis short of a majority to form a government.
• Far-right SPD (15 seats) and the Motorists (13 seats) said they want to be part of the cabinet, with SPD leader Tomio Okamura stressing his party never agreed to back a one-party minority.
• President Petr Pavel signaled he will not appoint a new government before November at the earliest and retains the power to refuse controversial ministerial nominees.
• Babis has pledged a pro-NATO stance but campaigned to curb military-technical aid to Ukraine, and an EU official said Prague could lose or shift its leadership of the EU-backed ammunition initiative for Kyiv.
• Babis and potential partners oppose the EU’s Green Deal and migration pact, while SPD is pushing for an EU-exit referendum that Babis rejects.