Both the Social-Democrats and Stalinists paid a heavy price for the last four years, when they have acted as a prop for the Babiš government - their role as “useful idiots” is no longer needed, they lost all their seats. He was further discredited when he was one of the dominant figures named in the latest “Panama Papers” exposures of top level corruption. The collapse in support for the traditional “left” parties was predictable due to their uncritical collaboration with Andrej Babiš. Pandemic related promises to health workers, teachers and other frontline workers have not been met - and the new government will not be able and willing to address their more than justified demands. The impact on the incomes of tens of thousands of working class families in the car industry, including the possible closure of smaller subcontractors in the supply chain, may well provoke the sleeping giant of the industrial working class in the country into action. This is a flagship factory of heavy industry in the country, and will now be shut till the end of the year. This rapidly eats into the already generally low wages - the pillar of Czech capitalism.Ĭontinuous breaks in the supply chain, in particular long breaks in the delivery of semi-conductor components and chips are causing an unprecedented halt in production at Skoda Auto, belonging to VW. Inflation is standing at almost 5% and could soon reach 7%. It will face multiple crises, that are already developing. One thing was clear already before the elections: whatever the outcome, the next government will be like the previous one - anti-worker and anti-youth.

On top of that it will be pasted together by four or five different parties from the liberal center to conservative right. It is likely that the new government will be dominated from the class point of view by the very same forces as the previous one. This followed the news of their defeat of ANO, the party of the incumbent prime minister and tycoon Andrej Babiš. “Czech Republic back on democratic track.” This was the euphoric chant heard on 9 October coming from the rightwing coalition SPOLU’s election headquarters.

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