Czechmate Mr Babis and Mr Kurz - a podcast by Sam Rippon and Chern Han Mah

This week’s episode looks at two leaders who seem to be on their way out, reviewing the surprise loss of Andrej Babis in last weekend’s Czech election and discussing the resignation of Sebastian Kurz as Austrian Chancellor. After the Green Party threatened to abandon the People’s Party if Kurz didn’t resign, Alexander Schallenberg was installed as Chancellor and this phase of Kurz’s career seems to be at an end for now. Will Kurz return as Chancellor? What made the Greens so keen to demand his resignation? And is the opinion poll damage to the Peoples Party reversible?

With the SPOLU alliance and the Pirates and Mayors poised to form a coalition in Czechia, Sam and Chern look at the results of the parliamentary election and the fate of incumbent Prime Minister Andrej Babis. In an abysmal night for the centre-right and Communists, what went wrong for them? Is there any chance of Babis hanging on to the premiership? And what will a SPOLU/Pirates government be like? All these questions and more answered in this week’s episode.

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