As the traditional parties struggle, unpredictable new movements are reaching for power.
!["The real winner of the elections is the ANO movement, founded only two years ago by Andrej Babis, an owner of an agribusiness empire and the second richest Czech," writes Matej Bajgar [EPA]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013103175748480734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Matej Bajgar is a doctoral student in economics and a Weidenfeld Scholar at the University of Oxford. He occasionally writes for Czech media on economic and political issues.
As the traditional parties struggle, unpredictable new movements are reaching for power.
!["The real winner of the elections is the ANO movement, founded only two years ago by Andrej Babis, an owner of an agribusiness empire and the second richest Czech," writes Matej Bajgar [EPA]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013103175748480734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)