ANO 2011
ANO 2011 was founded in 2011 by Andrej Babiš with the goal of ensuring effective and anti-corruption governance in the Czech Republic. ANO strongly advocates for Czech sovereignty within the European Union and rejecting any further centralization of power in Brussels. ANO opposes the EU migration pact, is committed to defending veto rights, and reforming EU institutions to prevent bureaucratic overreach.ANO prioritizes a pragmatic approach to environmental policies and opposing the current Green Deal as economically and ecologically harmful. They call for economic growth, energy and economic self-sufficiency of individual Member States supporting technologies like nuclear power while ensuring that European industries remain competitive globally.
Party members
Klára Dostálová is a Czech politician and expert in European funding, housing, and regional development. She has extensive experience in managing development projects and optimizing the use of EU funds. She began her career in the private sector before transitioning to public administration in Hradec Králové. In 2014, she became Deputy Minister for Regional Development, later serving as Minister for Regional Development from 2017 to 2021. During this time, she played a key role in shaping policies to support local municipalities, housing, and sustainable regional growth. From 2021 to 2024, she served as Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic. Since 2024, she has been a Member of the European Parliament, elected as the top candidate of ANO 2011 with the highest number of preferential votes in the history of Czech elections. She currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Patriots for Europe Group.
Member: Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, Committee on Regional Development, Special Committee on Housing Crisis in the European Union, Delegation for Relations with the United States, Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly
Since 2019 Knotek has been an elected member of the European Parliament, engaged in energy, climate and public health policies. Before 2019, Ondrej Knotek worked as quality manager and auditor for corporate companies in the engineering and pharmaceutical sectors. He gained his first political experience as a council board member of the Mariánské Lázně town being responsible for energy, water, environment and audit activities. Knotek graduated from Chemical and process engineering at the University of Chemical Technology in Prague.
Member: Committee on Budgetary Control, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, Committee on Public Health, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula
