ANO 2011

The Political Movement ANO 2011 ( Czech Politické hnutí ANO 2011; ano mean in Czech, yes ', at the same time it stands for akce nespokojených občanů, action dissatisfied citizens ') is a political party in the Czech Republic to the chemical and media entrepreneur Andrej Babiš. In the preferred House of Representatives election in 2013 the party was at first the second strongest force in parliament and signed on 6 January 2014, the social ( CSSD ) and Christian Democrats ( KDU- CSL ) a coalition agreement, according to which the ANO six members receive in the Cabinet. The ideology of the party is considered to be indefinite, it is often described as populist. During the election campaign, the party positioned against the established political elite and against corruption.

History

Forerunner of the party was the initiative founded in 2011 Akce nespokojených občanů ( Action dissatisfied citizens '). In May 2012, then carried the registration as a political party under the name ANO 2011. It describes itself not as a party but as a " political movement ". The Czech word ano in German means "yes". Their slogan is Ano, bude LIP. ( "Yes, it gets better. " )

Behind the movement is a Czech entrepreneur and billionaire Andrei Babiš as Chairman of the Party, the largest Czech newspaper Mladá fronta Dnes, Lidové noviny, the free newspaper Metro, is involved in Internet portals, private television and print 2013. The sale was approved in August and approved shortly before the election in October 2013 by the Czech Cartel. The party was in 2013 with 18.65 percent second strongest force in Parliament during the early federal election. Among other things, as a candidate for the party of former Czech EU ambassador Pavel Telička and former Czech Minister of Culture, Martin Stropnický.

Supported Andrej Babiš and his party by the American PR agency Penn Schoen Berland (PSB ), who worked among others for Bill and Hillary Clinton, Tony Blair and Michael Bloomberg, but also with orders, for example, in Venezuela, the former Yugoslavia, Georgia or Ukraine politics influenced.

Political assessment

Ladislav Cabada political scientist from the private metropolitans University of Prague described the party as " actors beyond the traditional left-right scale, " the see themselves more as a movement and the election program have recently repeatedly need to revise. Be unclear how independent the more than 40 MPs from the party founders were. This all remember " a bit of Beppe Grillo in Italy. "

Even Karl- Peter Schwarz, a correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ ) wrote that the ANO resemble " sparklingly clean, empty vessel that is ready for all sorts of content. " Although the explain partially their success with the voters, but they do at the same time for any political partnerships difficult to calculate. The foreign correspondent of the daily newspaper ( taz), Alexandra Mostyn, however, noticed Babiš is true after all, "as opposed to representatives of established parties [ ... ] whether his billion assets as incorruptible. And that is all that today require many voters of their politicians. "

Program

In its program, the party depends, inter alia for the following:

• Improved working conditions for university graduates, people over 50 and disabled
• There are no taxes to be increased and also the VAT will be reduced
• Taxes are to be driven consistently
• Simple and stable rules for companies and investors
• The immunity of deputies and senators in Parliament should be abolished
• The financial circumstances of politicians and civil servants are to be disclosed and subjected to independent scrutiny
• Gambling should be limited
• The education system is better funded and the financial resources for research and science should be doubled