PRAGUE (Reuters) -Support for Czech billionaire and former prime minister Andrej Babis’s opposition ANO party fell to its lowest level since January, shrinking its lead to single digits ahead of elections on October 3 and 4, a new poll showed.
The poll by the STEM agency for CNN Prima News, published on Thursday evening, showed ANO receiving support from 28.0% of respondents versus 21.0% for the ruling centre-right group SPOLU, led by Prime Minister Petr Fiala.
ANO has for months held a comfortable double-digit lead in polls, boosted by promises to cut taxes, hike wages, bring more spending support, restrict immigration and push back against the European Union’s green policies.
No party is forecast to win a majority in the 200-seat lower house of parliament, making seat distribution imp