Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó congratulated Andrej Babiš on his personal election victory and that of his ANO party by telephone, and wished him success for the process of forming a government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade informed Hungarian news agency MTI on Sunday.
According to the Ministry’s statement, the parties determined that they represent the same standpoint on a host of important issues relating to the future of the European Union, and that accordingly they could be good allies.
V4 cooperation is at the focal point of Hungarian foreign policy, and accordingly it is in Hungary’s interests for the Czech Republic to have as stable a government as possible, the statement added.
The centre-right ANO movement led by Andrej Babiš won a certain victory at the weekend’s Czech parliamentary elections. No party has won the country’s parliamentary elections with such a high majority since the Czech Republic gained independence. According to a statement by the Czech Statistical Office, ANO received 29.64 percent of the votes, with second place Civil Democratic Party (ODS) receiving 11.32 percent and third place Czech Pirate Party receiving 10.79 percent. The Freedom and Direct Democracy Party (SPD) finished in fourth place with 10.64 percent.