Leader of the Czech Republic's Ano party Andrej Babis looks on at the TV studio of CNN Prima tv prior to his election TV debate with Czech prime minster Petr Fiala. Photograph: Michal Cizek/AFP via Getty
A billionaire admirer of US president Donald Trump is expected to win the Czech Republic’s parliamentary elections but then face difficulty forming a government, in a process that the European Union and Ukraine will watch with trepidation.
The populist Ano party of tycoon Andrej Babis is leading polls in advance of voting on Friday and Saturday, on pledges to cut taxes and living costs an
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