- ANO won 26.14 percent of the vote and a total of 7 mandates in the 2024 European electionsstated the CZSO.
- MEPs elected for YES: Klára DostalováJaroslav BžochMartin HlaváčekOndřej KnotekOndřej KovaříkJana Nagyová, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová
- ANO received a total of 776,158 votes, the second coalition TOTAL 661,250 votes.
- The leading candidate, Dostálova, scored 171,142 preferential votes, she finished in second place in the ANO movement and in tears of emotion in the rings Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (49,683), who made it to Brussels from the 6th place of the candidate.
- Jana also succeeded from 5th place Nagyová, tried together with Andrej Babiš in the Stork’s Nest case.
“We’re going to work tomorrow, so we won’t really be celebrating. We are all happy. It is a great satisfaction. We worked hard,” said Andrej Babiš, head of ANO, shortly after the announcement of the results.
According to Babiš, his participation in the campaign was not wasted time. He stated that the politicians of the government coalition Together spoke at their pre-election events about coming after his movement. “So they have minus two mandates,” he pointed out and added that he expected that the communist Kateřina Konečná and her Enough! will have a better result than Příšaha and Motoristés with leader Filip Turk. Both groups have two mandates each.
Babiš: We want to win the parliamentary elections
“Let the voters drink it up when they elected this government,” said Babiš when asked if he would call for early parliamentary elections.
“We supported Ukraine, we support it, and when we talk about peace, it does not mean that we have anything to do with Putin, like Vondra he called us Putin’s useful idiots. We are a movement for the people, it gives us energy for the regional elections and our goal is to win the parliamentary elections next yearso that we can continue with the projects,” said Babiš.
“We got 270,000 extra votes and it was a shock for me, because I was a little worried and it was an explosion of joy for all of us,” said Babiš. He said at the same time that he will not speak to the government in the selection of a new European commissioner. “It’s the government’s decision and they don’t listen to us anyway.”
Dostalová is a new member of ANO
The leader of the ANO candidate, Klára Dostálova, said that representatives of the movement will fly to Brussels on Monday. They want to negotiate about membership in the committees and about the faction. “We would definitely like to fill those committees where strategic matters will be discussed,” Dostálova said.
Dostálová became a member of ANO today, Babiš announced. The leader of the movement’s candidates identified the modification of the migration pact and the Green Agreement as the current priority.
Tears of Humble Jerman
Newly elected MEP Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, who sits in the Czech Chamber of Deputies, gave her first interviews with tears in her eyes. According to her, there are many areas she would like to focus on on European soil. She mentioned regional politics, but also security. “I will definitely find my place there,” said the weeping Pokorna Jerman.
Babiš: I’m campaigning, even if I’m not a candidate
Upon arriving at the election headquarters in Chodov, Prague, Babiš shared his feelings about the election results: “I’m not nervous, I’m perfectly fine” he told the journalists present. with a big smile
According to Babiš, the ANO movement this year built its list of candidates in such a way that it was not necessary to circle. “We built it, I think, objectively, that there is no need to circle. But it’s true that some of our candidates tried to get rings, so we’ll see how they succeeded,” he pointed out.
According to its chairman, the ANO movement tried to make the campaign contact-oriented. “I’m always campaigning, even when I’m not running,” Babiš laughed.
Dostálová was looking after her granddaughter
“I’m usually never nervous, but of course we’re full of anticipation,” said Dostálová when she arrived at the staff. “I guess we all made a difference that weekend so we didn’t have to think about it at all,” stated Dostálová, noting that she was looking after her three-year-old grandson Kryštůfek herself and noted: “He distracted me, so I really didn’t have those thoughts.”
“That didn’t quite occur to me, but of course one has to reckon with everything in political life,” said Dostálová when asked if it occurred to her that the ANO movement would not win the elections.
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