Czech Republic Archives - Bridge Initiative

04 Feb 2021 | Individuals

Factsheet: Miloš Zeman

IMPACT: Miloš Zeman is the president of the Czech Republic and one of the most outspoken anti-Muslim politicians in the country. Previously, he served as prime minister from 1998 to 2002 and was a member... read the complete article

Factsheet

11 Oct 2020

Factsheet: ANDREJ BABIŠ

IMPACT: Andrej Babiš has served as prime minister of the Czech Republic since 2017 and is the founder and leader of the Action of Dissatisfied Citizens party (ANO 2011). Babis has furthered anti-refugee rhetoric and... read the complete article

Factsheet

27 Aug 2020 | Organizations

Factsheet: FREEDOM AND DIRECT DEMOCRACY (SVOBODA A PŘÍMÁ DEMOKRACIE, SPD)

IMPACT: Freedom and Direct Democracy (Svoboda a přímá demokracie, or SPD) is a far-right political party in the Czech Republic that was established in 2015. Founded as an anti-elitist and anti-Muslim populist party, SPD cooperates... read the complete article

Editorial

13 Feb 2018

Europe’s Fearmonger: Czech President Milos Zeman′s re-election

This op-ed by Bridge Initiative Senior Research Fellow Farid Hafez originally appeared in Qantara. The Czech Republic has once again elected Milos Zeman as president, a leader who applauds Donald Trump’s ban on Muslims entering the USA... read the complete article

Article

01 Feb 2018

Islamophobes in Power: The Czech Republic

Many observers, especially from the rest of the world, wished for Jiří Drahoš to become the new president of the Czech Republic after the first directly elected president in 2013, Miloš Zeman. Zeman won only... read the complete article

Editorial

30 Nov 2017

Converging Islamophobias in Europe: The Visegrad Four Countries and their Western ‘Forerunners’

This op-ed by Bridge Initiative Senior Research Fellow Farid Hafez originally appeared in Maydan. It was a weird moment: Shortly before the Austrian elections on 15 October this year, candidates of the then-winning parties, Sebastian... read the complete article