“Migration was not top issue in end”: Czechia counts down to Euro-elections

Czech voters will cast their ballots in European Parliament elections at the end of this week. A last minute poll suggests the SPOLU (Together) alliance are on the heels of opposition leaders ANO, while the Communists, no longer in the lower house, could take as many seats as the Pirates. I discussed the elections with political scientist Petr Just.

Have there been any issues dominating campaigning for the European elections?

“Before the campaign started most of the political actors thought that it would be migration.

“Although migration remained one of the top issues, in the end the major issue was the Green Deal, as one of the very discussed and also, from some perspectives, controversial policies of the European Union, currently being passed by the European Parliament.

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Author: Ian Willoughby