Honza Provazník wrote that the Pirates have started requesting regular financial contributions without offering anything in return. At the same time, he criticized them for complaining about the price of cakes per kilogram, even though operating the pastry shop included costs for rent, utilities, employees, contributions, and taxes. He added that the Pirates greatly annoyed him. https://t.co/i24H8boWyE #Piráti #politika #diskuze (translated)
Ivan Bartoš stated that more than two years ago, as a minister, he proposed a comprehensive reform of the Office for the Protection of Competition. According to him, the office should serve as a tool for powerful individuals to influence public contracts and the flow of billions into their pockets rather than having a control function. He cited its head, Mlsna, whom he described as a favorite of Miloš Zeman and a friend of Zbyněk Stanjura and Blažek. Bartoš wrote that the ODS (Civic Democratic Party) stopped the reform and he subsequently left the government. According to him, the reform was prepared by experts and was meant to bring the Czech Republic closer to Western democracies. Bartoš referred to an index of oligarchs' influence on politics, which he said the magazine The Economist ranked the Czech Republic second only to Russia. He added that in the previous government only the Pirates wanted to address the issue, but Stanjura blocked their efforts. Bartoš also stated that the Pirates have now won the dispute with the company ČEPRO, which had to provide information about contracts for Agrofert. According to him, the company awarded contracts worth over 10 billion directly to Agrofert without competition, and another 9 billion without competition during the government of Petr Fiala. Bartoš added that it is necessary to fight against corruption in the state and that he will continue to do so. #korupce #politik #reforma (translated)
The strongest factor now is the societal popularity of the Mayors, whose preferences have significantly grown in the last year or two. "It has also reflected in the results in Prague," believes Beránek, for example. #Piráti #volby #Praha (translated)
Success in elections looks different. #Piráti #volby #Praha (translated)
"I significantly perceive the absence of the Pirates in the public space regarding billboards and other advertising elements, which Prague literally blossomed with at the beginning of summer," Bartoš told Seznam Zprávy. #Piráti #volby #Praha (translated)
The Pirates experienced their historically worst result in the Prague elections since 2014, as they lost a third of their mandates with support of over nine percent and faced criticism for a lack of funds and a weak campaign. #Piráti #volby #Praha (translated)
Matyáš Zrno, of course, reminded that ANO remains the strongest political party by a large margin. According to Matyáš Zrno, the Pirates have lost the authenticity that Ivan Bartoš once represented. #volby2026 #AndrejBabiš #Českápolitika (translated)
Oliver Adámek described the results of STAN in Prague as a triumph and wrote that the party strengthened in almost all city districts. He attributed this to the work of Petr Hlaváček and his team, as well as to the outcomes of promoting major projects. He considered STAN, Prague itself, and the Pirates to be the programmatically most suitable coalition at the magistrate. According to him, the disrupted relationships between Hlaváček and Adam Scheinherr from the campaign hindered it, and part of the leadership of Prague's STAN preferred cooperation with ODS. Adámek also pointed out the differences between STAN and SPOLU in transportation and housing: Hlaváček advocated for urban housing construction, parking restrictions, prioritization of public transport, and tolls in the city center, while the leader of SPOLU criticized the Prague development company and rejected the idea of the city building apartments. He concluded that without concessions from one of the parties, major agreements might not succeed again. He also described a coalition of STAN and SPOLU, extended by Prague itself or the Pirates, as possible but unlikely. He stated that the larger parties would have to give up seats they did not need, leading to an even more disparate grouping. He deemed SPOLU's result as decent, but also noted that the coalition weakened in most city districts and could lose mayors. According to him, the Pirates were losing everywhere, while Prague itself attracted liberal voters; he cited city districts Prague 1, 8, 6, and 10 as examples. #Praha #obecnívolby #politika (translated)
Pirates in Prague were unsuccessful in the elections, obtaining only seven mandates, and are planning to form a coalition with STAN and Prague Together to maintain their leadership in the city. #Piráti #Praha #komunálnívolby (translated)
David Rangl published a text that he described as a transcript of Andrej Babiš's response to a question regarding the ANO party's results in Prague. In it, Babiš was attributed with the claim that the movement did not lose, only received fewer votes, and that the result was bad. The text further connected the European Union with a green lemon, the electoral failure of Motorists with parking, and Tomio Okamura with not exceeding the five percent threshold. Babiš was also attributed remarks about the Pirates and Somalia, colonoscopies, and penguins that do not fly. According to the text, Karel Havlíček was supposed to prepare an eighteen-page analysis of penguin walking. #volby #politika #ANO (translated)
Hřib stated that the main problem for the Pirates is the lack of funds for the campaign compared to other parties, which is why they are launching a new fundraising project for small donors. #fundraising #komunálnívolby #Piráti (translated)
In this year's local elections in Prague, the Mayors won, significantly improving their position, while the Pirates and the ANO movement experienced a significant decline. #PrahaVolby #Starostové #Koalice (translated)
An uninvited guest stated that Jakub Hruška from the Christian Democrats will most likely become the mayor of Brno and that a broad coalition without ANO will be formed. According to him, it should consist of the Christian Democrats, STAN, ODS, TOP 09, the Greens, Pirates, and ZaLužánky. https://t.co/olqQRvvKrI #Brno #politika #koalice (translated)
The pirates in Prague experienced failure in the municipal elections, which according to their leader Tereza Nislerová stems from a lack of a recognizable personality and a decline in former election results, leading to concerns about a return to the opposition. #Piráti #KomunálníVolby #Praha (translated)
If our candidate manages to get to the second round, it is then difficult to find allies. Other parties will then unite against us. I know it myself, but back then I was able to win in both the first and second rounds, "If our candidate manages to get to the second round, it is then difficult to find allies. Other parties will then unite against us. I know it myself, but back then I was able to win in both the first and second rounds," Okamura stated at the press conference and recalled his own electoral experience. #volby2026 #politika #Piráti (translated)
As I said, I'm already finishing at the Vsetín town hall. I'll do it," commented Jiří Čunek on the development for Aktuálně.cz. #volby2026 #politika #Piráti (translated)
In the elections, not only the candidates of the ANO movement and the Christian Democrats were shown to be significant losers, but also the Pirates, who suffered due to strong competition in Prague, thereby losing their historical position in the city council. #volby2026 #politika #Piráti (translated)
In this year's municipal elections in Plzeň, the ANO movement won with nearly 32 percent of the votes, followed by the Mayors (STAN) with almost 18 percent, while the ODS came in third with 15 percent and the Pirates narrowly missed getting into the council. #PlzeňskéVolby #HnutíANO #KoaliceSpolu (translated)
The ANO movement won the municipal elections in Plzeň with 32% of the votes, while ODS finished third with 15% and the Pirates did not enter the council, whereas STAN increased its share to nearly 18%. #Plzeň #volby2026 #ANO (translated)
