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In the Czech Parliament, a debate about extending the state of emergency in parliament has degenerated.

The MP Lubomir Volny attacked the session president Tomas Hanzel because he had turned off the microphone for personal insults.

During the incident on Thursday, other parliamentarians rushed to Hanzel's aid.

"If you come here you will get a beating," Volny yelled at one of them.

As the elected representative of the people, he has the right to be able to express himself: "You won't silence me like this!"

The meeting was televised live.

The pictures show how Volny and Hanzel have a discussion.

When Hanzel turned off the microphone for him after scolding other parliamentarians, Volny rushed up to the chairman's seat without a mask and tried to continue his speech via his microphone system.

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The situation escalates when other MPs try to mute the microphone again and pull Volny away.

The plump politician falls over Hanzel and is only released from the session president after fights with four other members.

After the incident, Volny was expelled from the room.

He is chairman of the far-right movement “The United - Alternative for Patriots”.

The 47-year-old had already been noticed because, unlike the other members of the parliament, he did not wear a mask in the speaker's room.

According to their own statements, the police are checking whether there is an administrative offense due to a violation of the hygiene rules.

After the debate continued, Parliament approved an extension of the state of emergency until February 14th.

The state of emergency enables the government to suspend fundamental rights such as freedom of assembly and to deploy soldiers in hospitals.

Prime Minister Andrej Babis, who governs with a minority government made up of ANO and Social Democrats, was unable to enforce a time limit until February 21.

There have been more than 917,000 confirmed infections and 14,973 deaths in the Czech Republic since the start of the pandemic.

The EU member state has around 10.7 million inhabitants.

According to the European Disease Agency (ECDC), the Czech Republic has a seven-day incidence of 529.57.

In Germany this value is around 140.