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There is no reason to believe that a future Czech government aligned with Babiš would adopt the measures recommended by the EU to address the ongoing issue of corruption and erosion of media freedom (Photo: anobudelip.cz)

Why doesn't Babiš get same focus as Hungary and Poland?

In November 2019, on the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, 300,000 Czechs took to the streets of Prague to demand an end to corruption and that all Czech politicians respect the rule-of-law. One activist group warned that "justice and the public media are in jeopardy."

Nearly two years later, Czech voters will have an opportunity to reject the government of billionaire prime minister Andrej Babiš, which has been inundated with conflict-of-interest charges and allegations of co...

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Marcus Kolga is a human rights and anti-corruption activist. He is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, led the Canadian civil society campaign for Magnitsky legislation, and is the founder of DisinfoWatch.org.

There is no reason to believe that a future Czech government aligned with Babiš would adopt the measures recommended by the EU to address the ongoing issue of corruption and erosion of media freedom (Photo: anobudelip.cz)

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Marcus Kolga is a human rights and anti-corruption activist. He is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, led the Canadian civil society campaign for Magnitsky legislation, and is the founder of DisinfoWatch.org.

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