Charlemagne: The new Czech leader is not leading an anti-Europe uprising

Print section Print Rubric:  The new star of Czech politics is not about to lead an anti-Europe uprising Print Headline:  The mogul of Prague Print Fly Title:  Charlemagne UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  A tsar is born Fly Title:  Charlemagne Main image:  20171028_EUD000_0.jpg WHY does it keep happening? Consider some events of the past week. Andrej Babis, a tycoon with a populist bent, sweeps aside the old guard in a Czech election. Fresh from his own electoral success, Sebastian Kurz, the boy wonder of Austrian conservatism, opens coalition talks with a far-right party that harbours former neo-Nazis in its ranks. Dozens of deputies from the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party take their seats in a Bundestag that was supposed never to find space for their kind, while Viktor Orban, the father of Hungary’s illiberal democracy, declares central ...