US EditionBabiš in Talks with Far-Right and Anti-Green Parties After Czech Election Win
Andrej Babiš seeks coalition with far-right SPD and Eurosceptic Motorists, aiming for a government opposing EU migration and climate policies, with talks ongoing in Prague.
- After the October 3-4 vote, Andrej Babis is negotiating with Freedom and Direct Democracy and Motorists for Themselves to form a government.
- Babis fell short of a majority and initially sought an ANO-only minority cabinet, but both Freedom and Direct Democracy and Motorists for Themselves demanded government roles.
- Controversies around coalition figures surfaced, including Filip Turek, who said the Motorists could take foreign affairs, environment and culture portfolios, amid allegations and charges.
- A likely Eurosceptic cabinet would change Czech policy on EU pacts and Ukraine, as ANO plans to reject EU migration and decarbonisation pacts, and Babis flagged less support for Ukraine, while SPD calls for cutting all aid.
- President Petr Pavel called the first meeting of the new lower house for November 3, and if Andrej Babis reaches a coalition deal, cabinet formation would still take weeks after electing a speaker.
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The Straits Times
The Star Kuala LumpurCzech election winner Babis negotiating coalition with eurosceptics, far right
PRAGUE - Czech populist billionaire Andrej Babis said he may take ministers nominated by eurosceptic and far-right parties into a government he is trying to form after his ANO party won a parliamentary election but fell short of a majority. Read more at straitstimes.com.
"We are working hard." With these words, ANO leader Andrej Babiš introduced a post on social media, through which he intends to inform about the negotiations on a new government. He would like to form one with the help of the SPD and Motorists, with whom ANO has a majority of 108 votes in the Chamber of Deputies.
New Cabinet Will Include SPD Experts and Motorists Politicians, Says Babis
ANO, Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD), and the Motorists are currently discussing the allocation of ministries, ANO leader Andrej Babis told journalists today, adding that SPD will be represented by experts and the Motorists by politicians. “We’re still negotiating, we’re still calling each other, so we’ll see,” said Babis. “Now we are dealing with the number of ministries, we are dealing with committees, our group [of newly elected ANO MPs] w…
Prague - The Freedom and Direct Democracy Movement (SPD) wants to be a direct part of the government, and would nominate experts to it, the movement's chairman Tomio Okamura told reporters today after a meeting of the SPD parliamentary group. According to him, the SPD would like to gain approximately two ministries in the ANO-led cabinet so that the numbers are balanced according to the election result with the Motorists. According to Okamura, t…
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