CZECH ELECTION 2021 EXPLAINER (For confused foreigners like me!)
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- čas přidán 19. 10. 2021
- The Czech Election 2021 made international news for the slim defeat of Billionaire Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and his party ANO. But for an American, even a political junkie like me, this election was pretty confusing - numerous coalitions, handfuls of parties and even a President who's unable to perform his duties! So here's my explainer which will hopefully help other confused foreigners in the Czech Republic and beyond, understand just what happened in the Czech election.
If you're a Czech citizen, let me know in the comments what issue was most important for you in this election.
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Jen: "I know embarrassingly little about Czech politics."
Me: "No worries. So do a lot of the Czech voters."
Ugh, could be said of Americans in our own country.
Yeah, that would be me.
@@DreamPrague ya think? Seems pretty clear. Ya got Americans with brains who realize how close the US came to becoming a quasi fascist state under Trump, and the f***ing morons who think he was a good president
@@jace2wheel762 I don’t care about your political affiliation, but what happened to being civil and polite?
@@jammmy30 when talking about american politics? That is being civil and polite.
"Uf, to je bordel" jedna krátká věta, která vystihne naprosto vše.
Google translates "bordel" in this phrase as "mess". I'm impressed that it was able to paraphrase in this case.
I'd like to bring your attention to the billboards at 2:28. Those are a great touch of Jen having a lot of Czech humour already, because while Babiš really put such billboards everywhere (just next to all the Alza ads - to notice that one, Alza is the greatest Czech e-shop with electronics and that green guy - their mascot - is universally hated for it being super-annoying (which is another thing the green guy has in common with our ending Prime Minister Babiš)), he totally didn't put out these ones.
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The left one is the easiest - there is a common statement regarding public finance. The spray-paint below (most probably made with Photoshop anyway) contradicts the finance point with a simple "Babiš steals!" call.
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The right one is far subtler - "Govern country like a family" seems like an okay-ish slogan for elections. Except that Babiš has trouble with his son, whom he allegedly had kidnapped to the war-torn Crimea (yeah, the dangerous spot where Ukraine and Russia fight for dominance), then he called his own son mental (note his son is a commercial pilot, so mental his mental stability gets proven regularly) and now before the elections, the son was striking back, "ruining" several of ANO's pre-election meetings and calling his father a liar (duh, of course he's a liar, he's a populist politician after all).
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The top one is the best. The slogan is "BABIŠ NA HRAD". "Na Hrad" (i.e. "to the Castle") is a common exclamation to support someone - the Hrad (Castle) typically mentioned is the Prague Castle, the seat of Czech president. So, "Babiš na Hrad" would be similar to "Babiš for the White House" call. Except on the billboard, it notably isn't. Because the castlein the picture is not the Prague Castle, it's the Mírov Castle. And the Mírov Castle is also an important building, but from the opposite side of the spectrum - the Mírov Castle serves as one of the highest-security Czech prisons, where the most dangerous criminals are put.
Jako vždy neagresivne vtipné. Chválím a přeji mnoho odběratelů.
"...way to put our little country on the map..." I see you are already ours, Jen :-)
Váš roztomilý komentář o CZ politice mi zvedl náladu a za to v téhle chmurné době děkuji.
also, Czech prime minister is from Slovakia...Imagine having a Canadian prime minister in the US...lol
Greetings from Slovakia :)
Yeah I find that pretty strange!
Can you take him back? 😂
@@msmichellewinchester no thanks, we don't need him 😅😂
@@msmichellewinchester They won't take him back. We have been using him for more than two years so the warranty is expired :-D
@@Vojtaniz01 exactly 😅 no returns after 2 years 😊
Current czech political situation in 10 minutes.
Maybe oversimplified, but quite accurate.
There was so much more I wanted to include! Next time…
@@DreamPrague I am looking forward to see it :-)
As many others mentioned in their comments, I was waiting for your video about politics in here :-) Excellent video :-)
Já to napíšu, jak mi zobák narostl.... 10minut jsem se řechtala smíchy .... Super video.
I laughed a lot. Thanks for a great presentation of Czech politics... where I have lived since I was a kid. I love your humor and perspective! Thanks!
Ahoj Jen moc pěkné a vtipné video.
K dané otázce : Státní dluh a jeho snižování.
Milá Jen, rád sleduji vaše videa, protože jsou zábavná. Ovšem tady bruslíte na velmi tenkém ledě.
Okomentovala jste to naprosto perfektně. Rozhodně je daleko lepší si poslechnout Vás než naše média a to nejen pro zmatené cizince :-) . Děkujeme..
Jen, well done! You have done the best job/video ever! As a Czech girl and as a resident in England 👏🧡
Wow, tak tohle se ti opravdu povedlo! :-)
Jen, you are amazing and I sipmly love binging on your videos. You're funny, witty and giving a different point of view on issues regarding all of us. Thank you ♥
Dobrá práce Jen!
Děkuji za nápad!
Hi Jen, as usual it was concise, insightful and funny. Good job!
Thank you so much for this! As an expat living in Prague I was also brushed off by Czechs whenever the topic comes up!
Because there are 2 types of Czechs. Some will be glad to talk about politics, but they will explain in a way that their opinion is right. So the rest prefers to keep away from this. Because there is nothing worse than finding out you're talking about politics with someone of the opposite opinion. So many bad experiences... Czechs are not very tolerant of different opinions.
So this worked, this is so funny. I like it a lot and I have to watch it twice.
Jen, you missed Tomio Okamura's political party, SPD. And there's one more fun thing. The pirates took STAN on board, but because we have "kroužkování", practically the Pirates will have only 4 seats, STAN won the others :D
Yeah that was really interesting how STAN overtook so many - it seems that they are almost closer to ODS ideologically, than to Pirates. Am I right? And I could do a whole video about SPD, but I'll save that for another time ;)
@@DreamPrague It can be said that ODS and STAN have a similar approach at some points.
I voted SPOLU, because I was piss off by wasting money and indebteding the country, where ANO+ CSSD+KSCM, instead of solving the problems, gave money to those who do not earn anything, just to buy them. And the promise of everything for free and again to those who give nothing. Well, if someone has something for free, someone else will pay for it. So those who pay taxes and are the biggest resource for the state will pay twice and feed others. So I said NO! BTW, STAN's position suits me best. But the goal was to beat ANO, that's why I woted for SPOLU.
In next video don't forget that another Okamura, who is completely different from Tomio, is entering parliament, yes his brother. A new wave is coming, now neither the Russians nor the Chinese will rule us, but the Japanese. Of course I'm just kidding 🐱👤
@@DreamPrague Well STAN = Starostové a nezávislí(Mayors and independents) so they are all over place. They aren't a classic political party(as you have in USA) but mostly regional and communal politicians that joined together for the all state elections and there usually isn't anyone too radical from either side of political spectrum. STAN isn't really built around ideology but around necessity to get over the "election quorum"(party needs at least 5% of votes in whole country to get in Chamber of deputies). So they are somewhere around the center.
Pirate party used to be center political party(and supposedly they still are). They were mainly focused on internet freedoms, digitalization of czech burreaucracy and other IT related topics and politics. They aren't as progressive left as media and certain people portray them even though they are slowly shifting there.
So ideologically they aren't too far from each other on paper even though Pirate party has more "radicals" in their ranks.
@@Sharakad In USA are also "independents". Bernie Sanders, for example.
@@Sharakad STAN is actually ideologically much closer, than for example US Democratic party (or even Republicans). After all, there are only two main parties in the US and almost every politician is joining one or the other. If you take just the Democratic party, you can find people whou would be ideologicaly similar to politicians from ODS, KDU-ČSL, SZ (green party), STAN, Top09, Česká Pirátská strana, and even ANO and ČSSD.
If you wanna know the difference between ODS and STAN, the first one is economicaly on the right, but conservative and second is economicaly right but liberal. The second one is more pro EU and LGBT rights (with some exceptions). One important difference is that STAN is more focused on the local politics and they want to transfer some powers from the state to local autorities.
This was super helpful and informative (at least until things change again!), also I’m one of the three who has seen the original Parent Trap and all I really remember from it is that song!
You’re #2 so far! That song was in my head every time I said “Spolu” so I had to include it. 🤪
Great analysis Jen, you have it "under your thumb"!!! 👍 👍 👍 🙃🤣
Excellent! 👍
Super! It will also want the second part ... a lot has happened since October 15th and you can present it so nicely. Could you teach civics at school :-)
OMG, Martin, this video was terribly frustrating to make. The original version included Babiš claiming Zeman told him on Sunday to form a government, and then the alleged forged signature in the hospital....I had to redo it a few times. I was just praying Zeman didn't croak before this published.
@@DreamPragueMaybe is ČR first coutry with zombie president 😕
@@martinherak4286 Chudáku. Havel byl ve špitálu 368 dní z jeho posledního volebního období. Zeman je tam 14 dnů a už se tady aktivuje jeho sesazení.
S těmahle kecama jste začalil už ve chvíli, kdy usedl na vozíček, přitom Franklin D. Roosevelt ze stejnýho vozíčku vedl USA skrz celou 2. světovou válku, dokonce 3 volební období po sobě, a tam to bylo podle vás v pořádku.
@@smutnejklaun pro mě je Zeman zombie prezident i kdyby byl zdravej jako řípa. Sežranej za živa svým egem. Jestli jsi jeho fanda, tvoje věc...patřím ke dvěma třetinám národa, kteří se za něj napůl stydí a napůl je jim ukradenej.
@@smutnejklaun which last term was Havel 368 days in hospital? It seems you are spreading fake news, Mr. Klaun. Or bad jokes, considering your nickname. Please enlighten my and post some valid links to your statement (though no Sputnik or Aeronet, thanks)
Super interesting! Thanks!
Jen: Remember when you were a teenage girl...
Me: Umm, not really. 😐
To your question at the end, I would say that generally this election was a referendum on Andrej Babiš. Honestly, to point out one biggest issue for me, it was Babiš.
Seems like you're not alone :)
The 'innovated' final greeting of this video almost made me burst my tea at the screen. :-D Well done all round, what a great and apt way to describe this whole messy charade... Let's hope for the best, nonetheless. ;-)
Jen,... Levice se do Sněmovny nedostala z jiného důvodu. Voliče levice k sobě přilákal Babiš. A tím se připravil o kamarády do vlády. Tomu se říká "střelit se do vlastní nohy" :D
Stejně tak šil do Pirátů, jejichž voliči pak kroužkovali STAN. Obě koalice by mu měly poděkovat.
@@richardtomecek338 Ale houno piráti si za to mužou sami :D
@@richardtomecek338 Já jsem kdysi taky někdy z nouze volil Piráty. Neodehnal mě od nich Babiš, ale Hřib, Zábranský, Profant, Plkal apod. Bartoše bych asi ještě skousl. Letos jsem nakonec s největším sebezapřením volil Spolusisty, ale hrdý na to nejsem.
Mimochodem, v Pirstanu se Piráti potrestali sami tím, že neuměli počítat a ve svém hamounství zapomněli na to, že kdo má na společné kandidátce méně kandidátů, ten má logicky větší šanci, že jejich kandidáti na sebe soustředí více kroužků. Stejně krátkozrací byli i ve svých politických nápadech, např. šmírování prázdných bytů.
@@breznik1197 Koukám že na MUDr. Hřiba máme podobné názory. On je bezesporu inteligentní, to ano. Ale pracovat s ním bych nechtěl ani za zlaté prase.
THANK YOU SO MUCH i am so lost
děkuji za vysvětlení, now I get czech politics a bit better
Oh wow, glad I could help!
Less you know, better you sleep :D
This is amazing 😂
Jsi krásná, chytrá a vtipná. Zdá se, že chůze po tenkém ledu ti jde. Volební programy nečti, žádná strana je nedodržuje. Politiku sleduji s nadhledem, mám přátele mezi voliči mnoha stran. Bohužel v Česku mezi lidmi je běžné (asi dědictví po komunistech) soudit jiného pro jeho politické postoje. Když by nevyšla ta zkouška k občanství, stále platí, že Tebe, Honzu i Tobíka můžu adoptovat. Vtip o Britech 9:25 byl skvělý!
I was WAITING for this video ! Thank you Jen
Jop, taky jsem vyhlížel video komentující politický bordel u nás :-D
You’re welcome!
Same with me and my bf.
Let's wait, she WILL make video about politics. And...here you are! Good job! We love your sense of humor ♡
@dreamprague
LOL, these mean girls picutres with the heads of politicians... just LOL. Also, a great way to explain the mess :D
8:10 to mě zabilo :D
Zeman zbrežnevuje.
@@pjaro77 no jo, teď jenom stačí aby mu narostlo obočí o velikosti SSSR
@@lmaocetung A tiež bude treba čakať až sa mu skratuje ?
Jen: "What was the most important issues for you?"
Me: "Babiš"
6:23 KDU-ČSL is also a coalition (even more so than STAN) :)
Also, one addition - the reason why Zeman's condition is important at this point is that he needs to appoint one person to form the goverment (he can choose... or rather, he decided he can choose because the Constitution was naively written in a sort of vague way assuming that the president wouldn't be an a-hole, but he decided to take what's written literally and so he can choose).
And normally the whole Parliament (both chambers) would have the power to strip the president of his function and split the duties among themselves and the prime minister, but the lower chamber hasn't been established (the president needs to do that) and the old goverment is still in power, so it's a complete mess...
I'm impressed you managed to learn so much!
The Constitution was written in mind with the president that is ellected by members of Parliament and Senate. The main problem isn't the "naivety" of the Constitution, but the change made by the Topolanek's government, where president is elected by a public vote. It's clear from the first election of Klaus, where the two running candidates were Klaus and Zeman. Zeman got only a few votes, in fact so few, that it was clear people from his own party didn't vote for him, which started his personal (and this year successful) campaign against the CSSD.
Before that change, the system itself was pretty balanced. The Parliamentary elections are based on a popular vote with a 4 years long term. This kind of election reflects the actual "at the moment" mood of the society. The Senate elections are done by thirds (only 1/3 of the Senate changes at the time, every 2 years) and there is a two round system, where each one of 81 districts has one senator with 6 years long term. This kind of system reflects the "average" mood of the society. The president was elected by all members of both chambers and his role was mainly official, he should have been a decider or a referee. The actuall power was held by the prime minister, the head of the government; while Senate was a safeguard against rapid changes and especially changes to a constitution. Makind the presidential election a popular vote changed everything, because he became the second main political player.
Thanks for these details. Our US constitution assumed politicians wouldn’t be a-holes, and look how that turned out!
@@mrkv4k this is very interesting info, thanks for adding it. I’ll have to read more on that change!
Biased information. There's no vagueness, naivity, or the need to take something too literally, the constitution is crystal clear in this matter: the prime minister is appointed by the president, period.
The Constitution does, in fact, allow the president to choose the next prime minister. He gets two attempts and if both picks fail to pass the vote of confidence in Parliament, the third attempt goes to the chairman of the Lower House of Parliament. But the real problem is that the new prime minister takes power as soon as he's appointed, not after passing a vote of confidence. And the president has no deadline to make use of the second attempt so he can just stall until his term expires in January 2023 while the cabinet that failed the vote of confidence continues to rule in abdication. (In Czech: "vláda v demisi")
Love it! I live in Canada, born in Olomouc, also obsessed with American politics.)
... I see what did you do there ... "Čau lidi" at the end of the video - smooth! :)
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Oh, and Babis in boots and skirt as the popular girl, that was a treat! Thank you :D
best video,perfect karikatur
Thank you Stanislav!
The naivity that there's a politician who isn't corrupt is amusing. If you find one, please send me a photo. I will add it to my photo album of unicorns.
Wow, really good work. I think you did a great job of breaking down the basics. I believe the main focus that many czech voters had was to start pushing Babis out. I think He's on his way. Thank God. I voted pirates all the way. Only for the simple fact that they are so progressive and I think it's about time things got stirred up in this country. If they would all start wearing eye patches it would be a no brainer.
You are brave! :-) Yes, I think you got it right 😃
Loved the Zeman's entrance.
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Jen, try to ask your Prague friends, whats mean "KARMA JE ZDARMA"
Good job, Jen. You got this right and it was fun to watch, however disgusting it is in real life.
Jen, dobře jsi to nastudovala! O českou politiku se cca posledních 12 let zajímám. Podle mě jsi to probrala víc než kdejaký Čech, co má podprůměrný přehled o dění! ❤️
Cool animations :D lady Babis :D and klobasa :D
Amazing video as always! Mean girls were lovely, I laughed so much 😂 Personally, I had hard time decide which party deserves my vote the most. My personal wishes clashed with history of some political parties, with their behaviour during pandemic or simply because they promise something and then they usually do the opposite. This election wasn't "choosing with heart", but more of "choosing with head". I voted for party, that didn't disgust me with their behaviour in last few years, was honest with their voters and had quite solid program. It wasn't simple decision.
Sooo... you voted for?
@@jammmy30 Pir-STAN. I'm more on the left side, but ČSSD disgusted me during last year. KSČM and SPD weren't even the option for me. KDU-ČSL was in right-wing coalition, so Pir-STAN was the only relevant party left and I circled our local politicians from Pirate party. (I didn't consider Green party, as they had barely no chance for passing 5% mark.)
I'm not "ecstatic" about the results, but I'm still very happy. The majority in Parliament might be right-wing, but they are mostly well educated people who knows how to speak and behave and will represent our country with dignity.
Lesser of several evils then, I get it. And I get the disgust…we have a lot of that in the US.
@@amyv7901 It is very interesting to read what you write, because you are one of two people among hundreds of commentators here who has clearly show the colors of leaning to the left. I mean for me being from Sweden and closely following both American and German politics it is so hard to understand your political landscape. I mean how is it at all possible that the western mayor wave of politics is clearly to the left (US, Germany, Sweden etc.) while Czech main frame of politics is Sooo far to that right, that not only communists, but also social democrats/ labor party do not exist (in parliament) 0-o? I mean if one would make a usual political scale for EU pirates (the way I understand) would be +/- center even in Czech Republic perhaps with just a slight tip to the left. But I mean it would be like cutting the usual for EU left-right scale in half. How is it at all possible? How could Czekia end up SOOO different, so extreme?
@@jammmy30 The communists and social democracy were part of the government last 4 years, but they screwed themselves. A lot of concessions to the ANO majority. They gave money to the elderly as a corona "help" - one time thing, not enough to even cover food for a month. They sent them face masks as well - again, one time thing, plus they send it not during times of need, but at the moment when you could buy masks in every shop for a few coins (they set max. price, which was one of the best things they did). And the quality of the masks they send? Really low, gums in it didn't last, plus they were touched with bare hands during packing. So simply useless.
They also had a completely useless and overpriced vaccination campaign focused on young generation - in TV and press, not on social media (youngsters don't watch TV anymore here and press is on decline generally). When they started with social media, they chose Tik Tok and payed 2 influencers million CZK for few quick shots about government building tour and interview with few doctors. Whole republic laughed them, it was bizare.
It's just a few examples of how left parties tried to do something "for people" and made total fools out of themselves. That's the reason why they are out of parliament now, because nobody believes them to not screw up something again after they blew up millions for empty gestures.
I still believe in left ideals, that state should help their citizens and we should work together (not in communist way, but be social responsible). I got many amazing opportunities thanks to support programs and it would be real shame to go strictly right-wing way, but our "traditional" left-wing parties would bankrupt us really soon.
Pěkné koláže, ale mám pocit, že ty 🦵 Jurečka nedocení.
Zapoměla jsi zmínit stavitele pražské verze Takeshiho hradu
I guess I'm one of the "3" that has seen the original Parent Trap. It makes me feel old, but somehow wiser now. And my Czech wife says you covered the political system here beautifully.
Hi Jen, So glad I found your channel. The most important issue for me as an American is to support whichever party honour's individual freedom the most whilst caring for those who cannot care for themselves. Compassionate conservatism... I've watched many of your videos and very much appreciate your hard work and fun presentation.
I am currently interviewing here in the U.S. for a sales manager role in the EMEA based in Dobříš. Lots of questions... Housing? Is it possible to rent a home in the country somewhere between Prague and
So funny! And you killed it with your final Čau lidi 😂😂👏👍
Thank you Hana!
Wow, this was well put together and really educational....
To be honest with you, I know nothing about Czech politics. Perhaps in the near future I should get in the game, who knows I may retire to CZ soon....., for me it is still CSSR. ..., hehe
One small question ... in the next elections, are you running??? You just win many hearts ....
Good job, looking forward to see your next vlog.
One important thing to note. The idea of left and right is quite different here compared to the US. TOP 09, STAN and Pirate party would be all on the left side in the US, while KDU-ČSL on the right. But STAN and TOP 09 are center to right, Pirates center, and KDU-ČSL centrer left (but conservative) here. ANO is called centrist and catch-all party, but most of their actions in the government were rather left.
I disagree that actions of ANO in government were left. The actions which were left were done by ČSSD and Babiš acted like it was all his work. The actions which ANO did were all either populist or good for big businesses (therefore very much on right). For example lowering the income tax on 15 %, definitely not left at all.
Also ,if I understood your logic right, the US left and right isn't only about being liberal and conservative, actually all of our parties might be considered left in US, even ODS. The thing is that their spectrum of left and right is all more on right while our (or European) is all more on left. So our right-wingers would be considered center in US while their left-wingers would be considered center hear. But sure that is only about economics. In the social politics it is relatively upside down, it is true that US leftist are usually liberal and rightest are usually conservative while hear it is relatively the opposite. However being liberal or conservative aren't the all factors in the left and right spectrum, not even in USA.
Pirates center haha, good joke!
@@nraven1 And what they are then?
@@stickystick1048 Left like communists.
@@nraven1 I don't think that giving more freedom to private developers which they are for, is communisty. For example.
If you want to talk politics, I would be more than happy to do it :) Btw. the smile at the picture to promote the video was just perfect :)
When you know the video will be awsome just by reading its title. :D
And than you're proven fu*king right. :D Well done Jen, well done. :D
Dêkuji moc ! I dont fully understand czech yet but i watch several czech youtube news channels and got to watch volby 2021.. so i am about as up to date as you are.
what im confused about is if zeman's health doesnt get better(lets hope otherwise, but a heart condition is tough in these times) who chooses the prime ministers(ova), or since spolo won do they get first chancel automatically, but ano got 1 more senate seat which i dont understand since there was a 20k difference...? Pir(ate)Stan does seem kinda chummy with spolo so they may take majority and join but they are almost polar opposite in ideaology... Ugh im glad i dont have to deal with it for ten years but its incredibly confusing.
Im glad no more talk of czexit i might not have affected my move but whos to say.. Anyway velká dêkuji !
Thank you for your videos. You are funny, informative and super cool. I am not sure if you were aware of the huge fan base the former guy has among the Czech people. You are for sure to find out now.
I admire you for your courage, and I want to assure you that there are a few reasonable Czechs out there as well.
How do these coalitions/blocs that form before political elections allocate the seats they get in parliament? Do people still vote for the separate parties (in which case I don't get what a coalition does in the first place)?
Thank you, Jen. Finally, I know what's going on in politics in the old country. (Like your Czech friends, my Czech people also throw their hands up and say that it's a bordel...except they're more vulgar about it).
Hi Jen, you are really smart. In my opinion, you have captured exactly what happened in the last elections in the Czech Republic. Good work!!!!!
Dear Madam,thanks a lot for your georgeous,amazing videos and I so appreciate your effort.Well.personally I admire your knowledge about the Czech Republic.Have a nice day and take care,please.☀
Woof! Woof!!🐶
Hi Jen!
Overall a great summary!
I am Czech living in California and do the same thing like you:
I watch politics in my native country in detail, but only partially in the US.
Sometimes, I think it is unusual, but it is what it is..
“Bordel” in Czech politics, as many Czechs describe it, seems to stem from many factors including the fact that czech laws and regulations are constantly changing and subjects of interpretations. The election system itself is as a subject of interpretations without strict or time proven laws governing creation of coalitions. The laws should be more refined.
Consider the fact, that till 2021 it was not possible to create coalitions BEFORE the election. However some Pirates took this issue to Supreme court few years ago.
Neither Senat or Supreme court (even though it should be) is politically impartial. (The Supreme Court judge being a member of a political party for years I believe..The Supreme Court, as other Czech courts (Ustavni soud) does not process claims in timely fashion. That does not help either.
The coalitions before the elections were said to be constitutional 6mo before the 2021 election without no further revision of the whole election process!
What now seems great to some- all combining against the election winner, might, I believe and I agree with your concerns - become detrimental down the road. Such actions have already proven to fail at municipal levels (cities, okresy a vesnice) of Czech politics. There some municipal coalitions of at least 5 parties also combining against the strongest party and to gain the main post (Primator) had shown to have problems within. However, the municipal coalitiions, all against the election winner, were created immediately after elections.
Any memorandum of cooperation is not a law. At the municipal level cooperation was signed among 5to 6 different parties (even SPD with Top09= bordel). It even led to changes of political representations 2years leaving city projects unfinished or cancelled. Good example was/is the city of Kladno. The Kladno governance lasted only 2years (2018-2020) till 2 people from “memorandum coalition” joined “at the time the opposition” who gave these 2 individuals better posts leading to immediate reversal as if the winner got to govern immediately after the election of 2018.
Hi, zkus kanál Wonderhoosy Adventures, udělá se ti lépe. California byla super, kdeže ty predloňské sněhy jsou.....
Zdravím Vás, Jen, tímto videem jste prokázala skutečné porozumění frázi "bruslit na tenkém ledě", ale zdaleka si nemyslím, že politika je třaskavé téma jen v Česku. Ale zvládla jste ho s vtipem, elegancí, nadhledem, ostatně jako vždy. Obdivuji Vaše herecké nadání a humor, se kterým zpracováváte videa a vždy se těším na další. V jednom videu jste říkala, že se Češi diví, že chcete být Češkou. Chtěl bych Vám k tomu říci několik poznámek, a protože máte vystudovanou evropskou historii a mezinárodní politiku, nemuselo by to být pro Vás zas tak vzdálené téma. V roce 2018 jsem říkal, že půl života jsem prožil v totalitě a půl ve svobodě, takže si myslím, že opravdu mohu srovnávat. Asi si nedovedete představit, jaké bylo Česko a Praha před revolucí roku 1989. Pokud Čech přijel z ciziny, ze Západu domů vnořil se z radosti a prosperity svobodného světa do svého světa smutku, šedi, rezignace, kde hospodářství nefungovalo. Cizinec žasl nad šedí ulic a měst, kde bylo mnohé otlučené a rozpadající se a nad zasmušilostí místních, jejichž nitro připomínalo neopravované ulice. Tento systém začal v roce 1948 lží a podvody, ukradením majetku těm, kteří ho vystavěli, prohlášení za zločince farmářů, kteří úspěšně hospodařili (kulaci). Všechno, co hospodářsky prosperovalo, bylo prohlášeno za nežádoucí kapitalismus a bylo svěřeno do správy hlupákům, kteří byli jmenováni komunistickou stranou. Měnovou reformou v roce 1953 nakonec obrali o peníze všechny, i chudé a tak se všichni stali ještě chudšími. Obrovské soudní procesy, kde za vymyšlená obvinění byli odsouzeni nevinní lidé. Rozdávaly se tresty smrti za nic, kolik jen utrpení způsobili komunisti. Podle Marxe je stát "organizovaným násilím" a skutečně se takto činil. Někteří Češi se sklonili před komunistickou ideologií, rezignovali, někteří ji uvěřili a tak značná část lidí začala žit ve lži. Po revoluci se divili, že režim dělal takové věci a říkali, že to nejhorší bylo, že jsme nemohli cestovat do ciziny. Víte, co bylo nejhorší, že režim vládl strachem. Strach byl všudypřítomný (to by bylo na dlouhé vyprávění např. film www.csfd.cz/film/6991-bajecna-leta-pod-psa/prehled/ nebo www.csfd.cz/film/4983-ucho/prehled/). Na úřadech se na vás nikdo neusmíval, nikdo nepomáhal, kdo přišel, byl buď podezřelý nebo obtěžoval a stát a úředníci a služby budovaly organizované násilí. V obchodech mnoho zboží nebylo a když bylo, tak si ho prodavačka z různých obchodů vyměňovaly mezi sebou. Mnoho by se dalo vyprávět a vzpomínat, ale chápete, proč jsou Češi zasmušilí smutní a úředníci neochotní. Po těch třiceti letech se ledasco změnilo, ale mnohé zůstalo součástí našeho života.
Když zabrousíme trochu hlouběji do minulosti, uvidíme další prvek, který formoval českou povahu. Je to vztah s Němci ať s těmi na západě nebo na jihu - monarchie. Tento mocný soused nás vždy ovlivňoval a ať chceme nebo ne, formovali jsme se vedle něj. Francouzi jsou velikostí a silou rovnocenný partner a nepřítel pro Německo, my ne, vždy jsme a budeme menší a přesto chceme žít. Nahlédnutí německého smýšlení o Češích www.idnes.cz/technet/vojenstvi/reinhard-heydrich-prijezd-do-prahy-vhu-80let-nastup-vyroci.A210927_092147_vojenstvi_alv Je pravda, že před německou přesilou nás chránila monarchie, ale i ve Vídni byli Češi spíše jen dělníky. Pro nás to německé vždy znamená to lepší a stále se porovnáváme s tím co je německé a toužíme se tomu vyrovnat od FKK po DIN. Dnes se porovnáváme jak zvládáme COVID, jaká je kvalita potravin, úroveň života důchodců, HDP, zadluženost. My se neporovnáváme s Francií nebo VB, ale s Německem. Zároveň je nenávidíme, protože jsou hrozbou (jako ta hvězdná spolužačka). Češi jsou velice snaživí proto, aby došli uznání od Němců. A nebo aby si ho mohli domyslet. Zase by to bylo mnohem širší vyprávění.
Jako třetí prvek formující naši národní povahu je národní obrození v 19. století. Samozřejmě ani nejmenší námitka proti zachování češství, jazyka, kultury. Ale opět jsme postavili naše národní sebevědomí na lži Jiráskových románů. Stále si něco o sobě namlouváme, hledáme to velké v dějinách a místo pravdy jsme uvěřili mýtům. To, co je pravdivé a životodárné jsme odmítli (s revolučním voláním proti rekatolizaci) - baroko, které přineslo hospodářský růst, kulturu, náboženský život. Je indícií, že komunistický režim Jiráska předkládal jako vlastní pohled na české dějiny.
Když by šlo mluvit o typickém českém humoru, pak je to Švejk a Jára Cimrman, právě v nich se odráží česká duše, je to snaha přemoci jak němectví (Švejk), tak komunismus (Cimrman) výsměchem. Je to malé rebelství, protože velké by nás stálo existenci. Švejk a Cimrman je tajná řeč Čechů, ve které se ujišťujeme, že jsme velicí a vítězíme, protože jsme nepřítele porazili výsměchem a pohrdáním. Čistý humor není ventilací smutků a strachů, ale má vycházet z čistého svědomí a ze srdce naplněného radostí a dobrem. Čistý humor neuráží, ale dívá se shovívavě na svět kolem sebe. Takového humoru u nás moc není, takový máte Vy.
Když se podíváte na Prahu a krásu naší země, vidíte především baroko. A to nejen jako architektonický styl. Co dává Praze jejího magického ducha, je to náboženská myšlenka císaře Karla IV. postavit Prahu jako druhý Jeruzalém místo Kristova kralování. Co je duchem, který vystavěl Prahu, je to křesťanství. Ztráta křesťanství znamená ztrátu všeho, duše, moudrosti, síly, krásy, radosti, pokoje… Možná by bylo zajímavé udělat video a duchovních místech Prahy (od Pražského Jezulátka, přes matku Marii Elektu, svaté uložené ve svatovítské katedrále např. lebka evangelisty Lukáše až po české národní patrony). A pak máte spoustu poutních míst po celých Čechách a Moravě. Připojuji jednu českou písníčku, která se povedla czcams.com/video/Kh__IwfWcYg/video.html Vladimír Jahn
I love the original Parent Trap! Hayley Mills is a treasure. She was absolutely brilliant in Tiger Bay (1959) with young Horst Buchholz. Highly recommended.
You're one of the three!!!
The "original" Parent Trap is in fact a remake of german movie Das doppelte Lottchen (1950). Hands up who saw the true original. ;)
@@wowado Úplně originál není ani ten německý film - je to podle knížky Luisa a Lotka (Erich Kästner, 1949). Myslím, že ji z dětství zná docela dost lidí (asi hlavně žen)
Hi Jen, we do not watch Parent Trap, as we read (until and from certain age) the original book. Already 14th reprint as I can see at the library database.
And yes, the heart of these elections was kicking the corrupt mogul out. As the icing on the cake: Czech Republic might be the only place in the Galaxy far, far away where Order 66 (well, actually Article), brings any good. :-)
When Zeman was wheeled into your video, I burst into laughter. Good job. After this election, I only hope, that politics becomes once again civil. Enough of all those personal attacks, strong language and most importantly no more representatives behaving like little children in the Parliament (Mr. Volny).
that politics becomes once again civil
tomuto nerozumim, ze se politika zase stane obcanska???
chtel-li jste rici civilizovana, bylo nutny napsat civilized
taky bych rada mela tu viru, ale ruku na srdce, od rozpadu OF byla od voleb k volbam min a min civilizovana, a bylo uplne jedno zda vyhralo ODS nebo CSSD, nekteri premieri i ministri obou stran skoncili neslavne a pred soudem, nekteri jsou jeste stale za mrizema
narod dostal takove darecky, jako koalicni smlouva (=nejvetsi podvod na volicich), Veci Verejne, nebo... ano Babise...
letos verime, ze slusnost konecne zvitezila... tak snad to za 4 roky nebude jenom prazdny slib
@@miroslavaklimova4597 Také to znamená zdvořilá (alternate meanings: polite, courteous, suave, respectful, gracious)
@@miroslavaklimova4597 "stát se" se v češtině pojí pouze se sedmým pádem - stát se kým čím, nikoliv stát se kdo co. Politika se stane občanskou, civilizovanou.
To slovo "civil" jako přívlastek politiky nějaký smysl dávat může. Mluví se o budování "občanské společnosti", ve které občané mají na politiku vliv a mají možnost se na správě veřejných věcí mnoha způsoby přímo podílet - tedy nejen tím, že jednou za pár let hodí do urny jména nějakých šíbrů. Protikladem "civilní" politiky je, pokud všechny funkce obsadí mafiáni, jejichž zájmem je všechno jiné, jen ne řádná správa veřejných věcí.
Brexit not going well for us Brits Jen. Its a nightmare and totally messed up our plans to move to Czech. But hopefully visiting for Xmas if covid doesn’t mess that up too! Hopefully catch you for that Pivo.
Sorry to joke at your expense! Czechs seem to be screwing up the winter markets already with increased covid cases. Holding my thumbs that they’re able to open and your able to visit!
@@DreamPrague joke away. And to be honest Brexit for us is a joke. I hate not being an EU citizen. The loss of freedom of movement on my own continent is almost unbearable. Anyway, tell us about the Xmas markets. What is being screwed up? Namesti Miru….our favourite.
😂😂😂😂😂 ...impotent unionists everywhere!
I liked the last elections as a funny prove how much Czechs are open to foreigners and minorities. the winners of last elections were:
Babis - slovak
Okamura - Japanese
Feri - Afroczech
Klaus Jr - person with disability
Good one.
If a Japanese guy can be the leader of a nationalist party in a predominantly white country, that certainly makes us the least racist nation far and wide 😂
Podobný komentář jsem viděla v souvislosti s talentovymi soutěžemi a pak,že Češi jsou rasisti
Okamura is half Czech though, let's be accurate. His mum is from Moravia if I can remember correctly. People talk about him being fully Japanese, when he is not. Regardless of what kind of a person Okamura is, it's sad to see that "mix raced/nationality people" find it hard to belong. He will always be referred to as "the foreigner" in both countries he is from.
@@nikolaneuman9305 the irony is that in Czech Republic, most of the people who care about whether someone is mixed race/nationality are Okamura’s voters. The rest don’t treat these people any different than others…I have a Czech/Asian daughter myself BTW.
It was easy for me to understand Czech politics... since I was born in Peru and South America pretty much suffers the same way than Europe BUT without an institution like the EU. I can tell you from experience that those coalitions will dismantle and stab each other in the back as soon as they assume their roles. And usually the "divide and conquer" principle will apply letting the most influential group do as they please. But don't be embarrassed, Jen! My Czech wife doesn't know or care to know about politics; she also throws her hands in the air and changes the subject... 🤷🤷🤷
Hi Jen, the Old Quibbler at your service. :) I can make you a political training course of rank and file about Czech politics - how many weeks have you got to spend? ;D
Today I had a dream in which you and Honza showed me your English-speaking dentist and then said goodbye, because you were leaving Prague.
They say dreams show desires or fears. This one would definitely be a fear. :-D I count on you staying in Prague. :-)
Nech mě hádat: Zubaři jsi ukázal prstem bolavý zub a řekls mu "ten."
@@Geker3 😂 Ne, k tomu jsem se nakonec nedostal.
Oh that's so sweet! We will not leave, but if you need an English-speaking dentist, we can help you there ;)
@@DreamPrague Thank you for your affirmation and for the offer, but I don't need one. :-) Mluvím česky.
Eeexactly during this video I broke my tooth... and now I am sitting here and wishing that the separation is not followed by expulsion at least until the morning (when I can get to a dentist). Sooo.. I guess I will have some Swedish variation of your dream tonight :)
This video is pure bravery :) Babiš being in politics 10 years sent us 20 years back regarding politics culture. The scary is how many voters still accepts that :/
I'd like to know what's the vaccine situation in Czech?
I'm really impressed how impeccably you have pronounced ''ach, to je bordel!'' :D That was amazing. Not so much the word ''zkorumpovany'' though... In order to improve your Czech pronunciation you will need to understand that swallowing certain parts of words in American style doesn't work all that well in Czech lang. ZKO-RUM-PO-VA-NY. - ZKOH-RUHM-POH-WAH-NEE
To be honest, I cannot wait to see Okamura brothers interacting in the new Deputies Chamber. I expect lot of samurai fighting meme jokes to be created considering the fact we love making fun of politics and everything else. Nazi reich protector Reinhard Heydrich's remark about Czechs as laughing beasts is actually quite accurate. That is also why I laughed a lot when you made that Halloween joke.
Samurai fighting memes! 🤣🤣
The irony is that Hayato Okamura, as a true Democrat, wants to re-educate his opponents. He mentions it as denazification, but it is the imposition of the only correct opinion. We've had it twice before.
Jen, thank you for your effort. I was hoping but you'd not delivered. I mean... Czech elections with the preferences etc.???
There are 2 things I will never understand, the rules of baseball and the system of Czech elections. Many tried and all failed.
PS
When I left ČSSSR, it was simple, there was only one candidate - The Bolshevik party!
There isn't anything complicated about Czech election system. Actually compared to USA presidential election it is super simple.
@ British, Canadian elections are straightforward, and even USA vs CZ rules are like soccer vs baseball :-)
I mean the "preferences"! What the he** is that?
What is complicated about take paper with your favorite party and drop it into hole?
You can mark politics on that, but you don't have to, you can just simply vote only for party as whole.
System of preferences is very simple, party has some list of the most important persons from top to bottom and you can change order of this list by your preference votes, so when you like party, but you don't like someone from their party, you can mark people who you wish to be members of parliament or government. People who are on the bottom of list will not be members of chamber of deputies if party will not get enough mandates to "use" all of them.
I love your jokes! :-D I voted PirStan due to STAN.
I like how STAN focuses on the needs of local communities. As we say in English, all politics are local.
@@DreamPrague Did you mean NIMBY? :-)
I salute you. This was just great. Please do not waste your time with cech politics. Not worth it. Just 20 min a day is a lot to make more than few satire jokes out of it.
Well done!
Pub was happy that night lol
The best about czech politics is the humor
Hello there, nice video.
I live in Portugal, and in order to vote, I had to travel to Lisbon to the Czech Embassy. (despite the Portuguese railway strike...) And I'm glad I went...
The fact that Babies did not win the election and will be unable to create a coalition government is the most crucial factor for me. The hyper populist Nazi SPD is the only party that would gladly join Babis.
Communists have also been expelled from the legislature! Also ideal!
Let us now hope that Babis gets charged with and prosecuted for all of his misdeeds.
Our president is the second source of embarrassment, but it appears that this will be resolved soon.
We have many political parties, but only handfull of them are big and influencial enought to actually achieve something (7-10 parties). It usually goes that two, three or four parties, which find common ground in negotiations and have in total over half of the seats in the parliament can create the government. Remaining parties in parliament create the opposition. All other parties (most of currently existing parties) are very small and they are on the edge of the political playground (including the one I voted).
It is more similar to US than it may seems. The only difference is that you have only two parties that big, while all others are on the edge of the playground.
Hi, Jen, for me this election was about bringing back politics as it used to be, and should be - struggle for power between different interest parties in public arena, under certain rules. Babiš turned it into constant marketing campaign with one sole goal - to keep his money generating empire untouchable by the government, and actually sucking money from the government. So it was dethroning Babiš so regular politics could return.
But it didn't happened, now they have all the power. No oposition in fact.
to je bordel :-) cau lidi😂
The comparison of Babiš and Trump is fine, but better comparison at hand is Biden and Zeman. Both are in the age when they should be sleeping most of the remaining time, and when they scarcely wake up they have no idea where they are and what is going on.
Haha Zeman in his creepy halloween mansion? Priceless.
Hi Jen, couple times I said, you are US citizen with Czech mentality… this video was sooo funny I had to watch it 3 times to catch all inside jokes 😀 Jen for president! At least we will have lot of fun 🤩
Excellent as always Jen. There has been living some guy named Tom Nicolson in Bratislava who could help you to find out more about politics in former Czechoslowakia. He published a book titled 'Gorila'.
Thanks I’ll look him up!
Kay. 4 minutes in and I can't stand listening to this.
Já Ti dám čaulidi! 😁
I could write a lot about this topic because something similar happen to my country but what I can see ahead is if they had just one thing on their agenda to take down a person, it wont work smoothly longterm.
Note:
1 party >= 5%
2 parties >= 8%
3+ parties >= 11%
2:09 ZKOrumpovaný. Czech is simple, the accent on the first syllable :-)
Was waiting for this comment! Of course you’re correct, but how I say it is funnier🤪.
Nikdo nevyslovuje Z ale S , protože Z a K se špatně váže. S je sykavka a přízvuk je na K .
@@mlekozkozy Dokonce ani Moraváci to nevyslovují jako "zgo-", i když v moravštině znělé souhlásky častěji vítězí nad neznělými (schořet / zhořet). Ale přízvuk se samozřejmě váže na celou slabiku, nikoliv na jednu souhlásku. Jádrem slabiky je samohláska nebo slabikotvorná souhláska, což "k" není. Ovšem je pravda, že součástí hlásky "k" je přídech, který splývá s následující samohláskou, a může tak vznikat dojem, že hláska "k" je z celého slova nejvýraznější.
p.s. Just a little inspiration for a potential future video about Czech politics: "What is the best way to become a Czech senator? .... first run for president and then run for senator :-) (eg. Drahoš, Fišer, ...).
And convince few voters to go vote because nobody is voting Senators, cause nobody see Senate as good thing.
The true is that even at the beginning I thought, that the bi-party system like it is in UK and US is bringing more stability for the government, the reality is that in the system where you have more parties the parliament is able to more accurate reflect the society. The parties will have cooperate together (many of the coalition parties currently have similar agenda). In UK and in US the current system is broken. We can see that within the parties there are big tension. This is simply due to fact that they are not able to truly represent all kind of views on policies. Example in UK. Not all conservative party wanted Brexit, but the more stronger part have finally overcome. In central Europe we have been able to had a lot of parties in recent years, which came and go. The parliament can be refreshed. In long term I see it as better. People have more chooses. BTW also ANO was pro EU, so the whole parliament except of SPD.
I will have nightmares of 7:08. Severe nightmares.
Hi Jen, it´s really thin ice... there will be a lot of comments...
I had just:
1. I know there at the wikipedia is written, that ČSSD is the oldest party, but thruth is, there was no other party from the 1948 except comunists, I know, there in the article is section about party in exile (not sure if anybody from those exulants came back to make politics in Czechia)
I think, that the age of that party is just propaganda from ČSSD
2. ANO doesn´t mean yes,
A=akce
N=nespokojenych
O=obcanu
= action of dissatisfied citizens
3. wish you wait for several days longer (than 15/10) there will be much more fun inside your video
this season, the czech politics is one tragicomedy
I´m sorry but you´re wrong - ČSSD really exist during communist regime - it was a part of Národní fronta (it was kind a coalition of KSČ+ČSSD+lidovci, in fact it was more like KSČ+KSČ+KSČ+KSČ+KSČ+KSČ+KSČ+ČSSD+lidovci) - Národní fronta existed as a disguise for communist, so they could proclaim there´s no political oppresion in Czechoslovakia and political competion still goes on, because more political parties here still exists. But leaders of both minor parties (ČSSD and lidovci) were controlled and chosen by KSČ, so they could not diverge from the politics managed by KSČ. And this coalition form unified ballots (guess who had the final say in its filling) and this ballot was the only one you could vote for in election.