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The history of the Czech Republic is eventful and has undergone some significant turns in the past decades. The end of the Cold War ushered in a completely new era for this Central European country as well. In the course of the "Velvet Revolution", the country made a non-violent transition from real socialism to democracy at the end of 1989. In 1993, Czechoslovakia was dissolved by mutual consent and the independent states of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic were proclaimed. Both states subsequently pursued a course of Western ties. Thus, the Czech Republic joined the OECD in 1995 and NATO in 1999. After a referendum held earlier in the year, in which around 77 percent of the electorate voted in favor of this step, the Czech Republic joined the European Union in 2004 along with nine other states and held the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time in 2009.

Domestically, the country has been led since 2018 by a minority government of the ANO 2011 political movement led by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (a member of the liberal party family at the European level) and the Social Democratic Party (ČSSD). Until April 2021, it was supported by the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM), but this support was subsequently officially terminated. In recent months and years, there have been repeated large-scale protests against the prime minister and his government, a few weeks ago, it only narrowly survived a motion of no confidence in parliament. However, current polls again see ANO 2011 as the strongest political force, while the center-right electoral alliance SPOLU can expect to win around 20 percent of the votes.

Who are the winners and who are the losers of the Parliamentary Election 2021? Which thematic priorities did the election winners focus on during the election campaign? Can we expect a change of course in domestic and European policy?

The event „The Morning After – Czech Republic has voted“ will take place on Monday, 11 October 2021 from 09:30- 10:15 CET via Zoom. We look forward to discussing the election result with our colleague Tomislav Delinić, Director of the KAS Offices in Czech Republic and Slovakia. After the conversation between Mr Delinić and Dr. Hardy Ostry, Director of the European Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, the audience will have the opportunity to contribute their questions to the discussion. The event will be held in German with simultaneous interpretation into English.

To participate in the event, please register under this LINK.

We look forward to your participation!