Seznam Zprávy | Babiš' faction in the European Parliament is dominantly pro-Russian

The ANO movement has joined the new faction Patriots for Europe, which it co-founded to promote interests in Europe more effectively. This third-largest faction in the European Parliament includes, among others, the French National Rally of Marine Le Pen, and the Hungarian Fidesz of Viktor Orbán. Viktor Daněk, Deputy Director of the EUROPEUM Institute, discussed with Seznam Zprávy how this affiliation could affect the perception of the Czech Republic abroad.

If Andrej Babiš returns to the government, the Czech Republic will be viewed through the prism of which faction the ANO movement belongs to. And if that faction is dominantly pro-Russian, the rest of Europe will simply see the Czech Republic as part of the pro-Russian political current in Europe.

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Viktor Daněk
Deputy Director

Before entering the NGO sphere, Viktor Daněk worked for almost ten years as a journalist. During his time with the public service Czech radio, he focused mainly on covering EU affairs. He spent almost five years as a permanent correspondent in Brussels, where he cooperated with other media outlets. Before his career in journalism, he gained experience in the area of marketing and communication in the Česká spořitelna banking group and at the Czech Technical University in Prague. He holds university degrees in Media Studies and International Relations. Viktor Daněk joined the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy in October 2023. He continues to be active in the media as a freelancer. His main areas of interest are institutional questions of European integration, globalisation and the EU’s climate and migration policy.