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Movements·czech_republic_babis_ano_first_2017_2021

Babis ANO-CSSD minority with KSCM tolerance 2017-2021

CZE·2017 – 2021·ANO-CSSD minority with KSCM confidence-and-supply (from June 2018)
Leaders: Andrej Babis (Prime Minister, ANO, 2017-2021) · Alena Schillerova (Finance Minister, ANO, 2017-2021)
positionsinstitutionalismdevelopmentalismeco_socialistmarket_socialistmarxianmarxist_leninistpost_keynesianaustriandemocratic_socialistempirical_pragmatistnew_keynesianordoliberalsocial_democraticchicago_monetarismclassical_liberal

Doctrine — stated goals and content

First Babis premiership — an oligarch-populist centrist technocratic project by Europe's largest-agribusiness and chemicals owner (Agrofert). Economic school: Czech anti-establishment technocratic-populist with strong fiscal-transfer and tax-optimisation-compliance agenda — pension supplements and valorisation above statutory minimum, single tax-form filing (Formular 25), abolition of super-gross-wage (Jan 2021, 15%/23% PIT brackets replacing combined 20.1% effective rate), Covid-19 subsidies (Antivirus wage-subsidy, compensation bonus, crisis-aid programmes). Stork-Nest / Capi hnizdo EU-subsidy misappropriation case (charged Sep 2017 and Apr 2019; European Parliament 2020 report on conflict of interest confirming Babis retained de-facto control of Agrofert via trust-fund loophole). Left-right axis: populist-centrist with transfer-expansionary social tilt. Dated policies: super-gross- wage abolition Jan 2021, Antivirus wage-subsidy Mar 2020, pension valorisation hikes 2018-2020, digital-services tax proposal (shelved). Popularity: high through Covid; lost Oct 2021 election narrowly to SPOLU coalition. Coherence: moderate — personalist discipline under conflict-of-interest cloud.

Policy-content fingerprint — how the framework codes this movement on its axes

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tax progressivity
fiscal.tax_progressivity
Progressivity of the personal income tax schedule, including top marginal rates, bracket spread, and targeted credits (EITC-equivalents).
decreased · moderate
less progressive (flatter rates, compression, smaller credits)
Super-gross-wage abolition cut effective top PIT rates; flat-ish 15%/23% structure.
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transfer expansion
fiscal.transfer_expansion
Size of cash and near-cash transfer programmes (unemployment benefits, means-tested assistance, universal child benefits). Architecturally distinct from forced-saving schemes — see condition welfare_architecture.
increased · strong
larger transfer footprint
Pension valorisation, Antivirus and compensation bonuses, generous Covid fiscal response.
↑
spending level
fiscal.spending_level
General government spending as share of GDP, excluding transfers already captured under fiscal.transfer_expansion to avoid double-counting.
increased · strong
higher spending share
2020 deficit -5.8% of GDP; substantial Covid expenditure.
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rule of law
institutional.rule_of_law
Rule of law as institutional substrate — contract enforcement, judicial independence, equal treatment before the law. Upstream of most other axes.
decreased · moderate
weaker rule of law
Capi hnizdo case and documented conflict-of-interest on EU subsidies.
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sectoral subsidy
fiscal.sectoral_subsidy
Targeted industrial and sectoral subsidies (renewable energy, chip manufacturing, agriculture, green hydrogen, etc).
increased · moderate
expanded sectoral subsidies
Agrofert-benefiting agricultural and EU-subsidy allocations; Antivirus sectoral support.

Policies enacted

Schools of thought aligned or opposed

opposed
institutionalism
derived: score=-0.54, overlap=5 axes vs institutionalism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned
developmentalism
derived: score=+0.87, overlap=5 axes vs developmentalism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned
eco_socialist
derived: score=+0.75, overlap=5 axes vs ecological profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned
market_socialist
derived: score=+0.86, overlap=4 axes vs market_socialist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned
marxian
derived: score=+0.93, overlap=4 axes vs marxian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned
marxist_leninist
derived: score=+1.00, overlap=4 axes vs marxist_leninist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned
post_keynesian
derived: score=+0.55, overlap=5 axes vs post_keynesian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
austrian
derived: score=-0.44, overlap=5 axes vs austrian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
democratic_socialist
derived: score=-0.25, overlap=5 axes vs democratic_socialist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
empirical_pragmatist
derived: score=+0.29, overlap=5 axes vs empirical_pragmatist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
new_keynesian
derived: score=+0.44, overlap=5 axes vs new_keynesian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
ordoliberal
derived: score=-0.31, overlap=5 axes vs ordoliberal profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial
social_democratic
derived: score=+0.40, overlap=5 axes vs social_democratic profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed
chicago_monetarism
derived: score=-0.72, overlap=5 axes vs chicago_monetarism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed
classical_liberal
derived: score=-0.48, overlap=5 axes vs classical_liberal profile (mechanical backfill v1)

References