When populists win in Prague, that’s nothing peculiarly ‘east European’. It’s the new normal of the western world

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The likely new Czech government will add one more state opposed to the EU’s green deal and migration and asylum pact The likely new Czech government will add one more state opposed to the EU’s green deal and migration and asylum pact I f you open your window on a quiet street in central Prague, the first sound you hear is the trrrrk-trrrrk-trrrrk of carry-on suitcases trundling across paving stones, as tourists walk to their hotel or Airbnb. (The Czech capital had 8 million visitors last year.)