FOX: Europe’s populist movement was given a shot in the arm on Saturday when Czech Republic President Milos Zeman, running primarily on an anti-migration platform, fended off a challenge from political neophyte Jiri Drahos.
Zeman won 51.4 percent of the vote from the two-day runoff while Drahos won 48.6 percent.
Czech Radio reports that Drahos won in most of the main cities, while Zeman scored big with smaller towns and the countryside, with analysts saying Zeman’s “common touch” made the difference.
Zeman, a former left-wing prime minister who ascended to the presidency in 2013, had been widely criticized for what critics described as Islamophobic rhetoric, and had also raised concerns in Western Europe by taking a distinctly pro-Russian approach on questions such as the annexation of Crimea.
Zeman, who has warned of an “organized invasion” of migrants and asked why young men fleeing their country didn’t take up arms and fight back home, had embraced the populist wave that swept through the West in 2016. read more
Znovu udělejte Československo skvělé!
Yeah very good . He spoke the truth about criminal Muslim invasion. Make CZECH again with out the Muslim.
That’s gonna upset the euro weenies. Good.
Good luck, President Zeman!
Treat your security detail well, please.
“Zeman, a former left-wing prime minister”
A former left-winger, or a former prime minister?
Some people remember where they come from and draw renewed strength from it. Others (Brits, Germans, Swedes) are falsely shamed into denying and forgetting, and then pass into history.
Interesting and typical – city dwellers are used to being cared for. Who maintains their apartments, their elevators, their transportation?
And they often don’t know or care about their neighbors. They are surrounded by people at least one step removed from their actual life. They vote for the party/person who will care for them.
Rural people realize they need to take care of themselves. They own a home and maintain it, fix their own car and drive it know their neighbors and help each other in times of need. They vote for someone who will allow them to keep doing so. (without having an influx of too many strangers who might be hard to assimilate.