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Demonstrators attend a protest rally demanding the resignation of Czech's Prime Minister Andrej Babis, in Prague.

REUTERS/David W Cerny

Pirates ahoy in the Czech election?

Voters in the Czech Republic head to the polls this weekend in a general election that features pirates.

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš — a Euroskeptic, big-spending populist billionaire with a support base among older, rural Czechs — is fighting for re-election against two main coalitions: a rag-tag center-right alliance called "Together", and a center-left alliance captained by the Czech Pirate Party.

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