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Opposition keeps control of Czech Senate after vote that filled 27 of 81 seats

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Bloomberg, The Washington Times and Deutsche Welle report that the opposition will keep control of the Czech Senate after Saturday's vote on 27 of its 81 seats. Deutsche Welle says candidates linked to the opposition won 22 of those seats, while the ANO movement led by Prime Minister Andrej Babis won none and keeps 14 senators. Bloomberg says ANO lost ground in the upper house. The Washington Times calls it a blow to the ruling coalition. Babis called the result catastrophic but said his government would go ahead with its agenda.

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Key points

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  1. The opposition will keep control of the Czech Senate after Saturday's vote.

    Reported byLeft1Center1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Bloomberg
    Center
    Deutsche Welle
    Right
    The Washington Times

  2. Candidates linked to the opposition won 22 of the 27 seats up for election, and the ANO movement won none.

    One outletDeutsche Welle· Center

  3. Prime Minister Andrej Babis called the result catastrophic.

    One outletDeutsche Welle· Center

  4. ANO lost ground in the upper house, according to Bloomberg.

    One outletBloomberg· Left

How each side tells it

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Bloomberg, The Washington Times and Deutsche Welle all report that the opposition keeps control of the Czech Senate after Saturday's vote. Deutsche Welle and The Washington Times stress the blow to Prime Minister Babis's coalition, while Bloomberg puts the opposition's retained control first.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    Bloomberg's headline leads with the opposition retaining Senate control and the premier's party slipping, putting the outcome for the governing party first.

    Opposition Retains Czech Senate Control as Premier’s Party Slips
    BloombergLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    1 outlet

    Deutsche Welle's headline is built around Babis, calling him a populist and saying he goes empty-handed, which presents the result as a personal setback for him.

    Populist Czech PM Babis goes empty-handed in Senate elections
    Deutsche WelleCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    1 outlet

    The Washington Times runs an AP report under its own headline, which presents the pro-Western opposition as winning big and the result as a blow to populist Babis.

    Pro-Western opposition wins big in Czech Senate election, dealing a blow to populist PM Babis
    The Washington TimesRightAll right-leaning headlines

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From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

  • opposition retains Senate control
  • premier's party slips
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  • BloombergLeft

    Opposition Retains Czech Senate Control as Premier’s Party Slips

    Control of the Czech Senate will remain in the hands of the current opposition after Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s ANO party lost ground in the upper house.

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From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

  • Babis failed to win a seat
  • populist label
  • first electoral test for Babis
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From the right

1 outlet

Leads with

  • pro-Western opposition wins big
  • blow to populist PM Babis
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  • The Washington TimesRightAssociated Press report

    Pro-Western opposition wins big in Czech Senate election, dealing a blow to populist PM Babis

    The pro-Western opposition parties won big Saturday in the Czech Republic's vote to fill one-third of the seats in Parliament's upper house, the Senate, handing a blow to the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Andrej Babis.

    Read at The Washington Times (opens in a new tab)

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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    First to report

    Bloomberg, Oct 17, 10:43 AM EDT

  • Center

    16 hr 20 min later

    Its first report, Oct 18, 3:03 AM EDT

  • Right

    18 min later

    Its first report, Oct 17, 11:00 AM EDT

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  1. BloombergLeftOct 17, 10:43 AM EDT
  2. The Washington TimesRightOct 17, 11:00 AM EDT
  3. Deutsche WelleCenterOct 18, 3:03 AM EDT

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