Czech bishops have welcomed the outcome of last weekend’s parliamentary elections that saw a populist movement secure first place while a far-left coalition with an explicitly anti-Church agenda failed to secure a place in parliament.
The vote on 3-4 October, which saw high turnout reach nearly 70 per cent in the country of 10.7 million people, saw the ANO 2011 party, led by billionaire and former prime minister Andrej Babiš, win 35 per cent of the vote but fall short of an outright majority, reports the Catholic News Agency (CNA).
