THE Czech election could threaten the Brussels consensus as new Prime Minister Andrej Babis is set to enter coalition with the far-right anti-EU Freedom Party.
Mr Babis’ anti-establishment ANO party will control 78 out of 200 seats in the Czech Republic’s lower house but still needs to find coalition partners to achieve a majority.
He is likely to discuss coalition prospects with the anti-EU, anti-immigration Freedom and Direct Democracy Party (SPD) after other parties said they would prefer to remain in opposition.
A coalition with the SPD would be bad news for the EU as it would almost certainly prevent further European integration for the Czech Republic.
Both the APO and SPD are vehemently anti-immigration, so the coalition would also be bad news for EU freedom of movement.