Loss of Senate seats set to hit coffers of Social Democrats and Civic Democrats

The outcome of the second round of Senate elections is set to hit the coffers of the governing Social Democrats and opposition Civic Democrats, after both lost seats in the upper house. The state gives political parties CZK 900,000 a year for each legislator they have and the Social Democrats will lose around CZK 7.5 million annually while the Civic Democrats will be CZK 4 million worse off. By contrast, the Christian Democrats, the big winners in the Senate elections, will get CZK 4 million more a year, while ANO will receive an extra CZK 1 million.

Author: Ian Willoughby