Parliament in the Czech Republic
Politician warns about his own brother: “Serious threat”
Updated on November 6, 2025 – 7:56 a.mReading time: 2 minutes
One month after the parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic, the right-wing extremist politician Tomio Okamura was elected speaker of the parliament. The 53-year-old leader of the right-wing extremist SPD party received 107 votes on Wednesday.
One month after the parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic, the right-wing extremist politician Tomio Okamura was elected speaker of the parliament. The 53-year-old leader of the right-wing extremist SPD party received 107 votes from a total of 197 MPs present on Wednesday. He pledged to be “an impartial spokesman” for everyone – “regardless of whether they voted for me or not.”
“We will work together for the good of our country and our citizens. I think we should find common ground,” he added.
Okamura was born in Tokyo. His older brother, Hayato Okamura, is also a member of parliament, but for the Christian Democrats. He had previously warned strongly against his brother’s election.
Hayato Okamura said he considers it “a serious threat to elect a man as parliamentary speaker who has been the most prominent politician in our society for many years and who has questioned our EU and NATO membership.” This is “a security threat and not a walk in the park.”
Okamura is on trial for inciting hatred because he used a racist image on an election poster to appeal for votes in the 2024 European elections. He also described Ukrainians as “Nazis” and called for a thorough review of the Ukrainian war refugees that the Czech Republic has taken in since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression.
The right-wing populist billionaire Andrej Babiš emerged as the winner of the parliamentary election in the Czech Republic a month ago. After the election, Babis began coalition talks with the SPD and the Drivers’ Party, which won 15 and 13 parliamentary seats respectively.
The inclusion of the SPD in particular caused a stir in Europe: the party is calling for a referendum on the Czech Republic’s exit from the EU, which Babis says he rejects. The newly founded motorists’ party had only one election campaign topic: the rejection of the EU’s plans to phase out combustion engines.
