Movements · czech_republic_babis_ano_second_2025_present Babiš ANO second government 2025-present CZE · 2025 – present· ANO 2011 + SPD + Motorists for Themselves — populist-right coalition
Leaders: Andrej Babiš (Prime Minister, ANO, Oct 2025-present) · Petr Pavel (President, continuing — institutional check)
Doctrine — stated goals and content ANO returned to power in October 2025 election, displacing the Fiala SPOLU coalition. Populist-economic programme: rolling back portions of the 2024 consolidation package, restoring pension indexation, energy-price caps, scepticism on Ukraine artillery initiative continuation. Ambivalent EU posture (rhetoric softer than Orbán; institutionally still aligned via President Pavel and EU membership constraints). Tension with President Pavel on foreign-policy direction.
Policy-content fingerprint — how the framework codes this movement on its axes ↑
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 · moderate
higher spending share
Reversal of 2024 consolidation; expanded transfers and energy subsidies.
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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 · weak
weaker rule of law
Conflict-of-interest concerns from Babiš's Agrofert holdings; institutional checks via Pavel still hold.
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trade openness → regulatory.trade_openness
Trade policy openness — tariffs, non-tariff barriers, FTAs, industrial protection.
unchanged · weak
EU/NATO membership unchanged; rhetoric more sceptical.
Policies enacted · cz_consolidation_rollback_2025 · cz_pension_indexation_restore_2025 · cz_energy_price_cap_2025 Schools of thought aligned or opposed aligned developmentalism Populist-right ANO + SPD + Motorists coalition; EU-sceptic rhetoric; reversal of consolidation toward redistributive transfers; conflict-of-interest concerns from Babiš's Agrofert holdings.
partial social_democratic Pension-indexation restoration + energy-price caps + transfer expansion.
opposed ordoliberal Reversal of 2024 consolidation package; departure from EU-EDP rule discipline; rule-of-law pressure.
References Czech 2025 parliamentary election results Notes Stub authored to close 2026 atlas-coverage gap for CZE. Author review needed for late-2025/2026 specifics.
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