Nazi Symbols and Racism Accusations Burden Government Formation in the Czech Republic
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Filip Turek, candidate of the motorist party for the post of foreign minister, has become a problem for election winner Babiš
Friday's agreement between the ANO, SPD and Motorists parties on the division of ministries in a possible future Czech government is valid, according to Motorists chairman Peter Macinka. He said this after Monday's meeting with ANO head Andrej Babiš, which Babiš called due to alleged racist, homophobic and sexist statements by Motorists honorary president Filip Turk. According to him, they did not discuss personnel issues at the meeting. Turk de…
On Monday, the Motorists informed the leader of ANO, Andrej Babiš, about the next steps they will take in the case of statements on social media by the Motorists' MP Filip Turk. The party leader, Petr Macinka, told journalists after the meeting. ANO, Motorists and SPD will now negotiate a coalition agreement and program, and only then will Babiš...
The chairman of the Motorists themselves movement, Petr Macinka, defended former MEP Filip Turk in Sunday's Questions by Václav Moravec. He described the deleted controversial statements from social networks attributed to Turk as a fraud. We wrote more about the whole case here. On Monday, according to Macinka, Motorists will file a criminal complaint against Deník N and the authors of the article about the aforementioned statements. Deník N ann…
Prague - Motorists insist that they will nominate their own MPs to a coalition government with the ANO and SPD movements. Party chairman Petr Macinka responded today to an appeal by ANO chairman and likely next prime minister Andrej Babiš that Motorists, like the SPD, nominate non-partisan experts to the cabinet. Representatives of ANO and Motorists will discuss this on Monday. Macinka also protested today against an article in Deník N about con…
On Monday, Motorists will file a criminal complaint against Deník N and the authors of an article about controversial statements by the party's honorary president Filip Turk. Motorists' chairman Petr Macinka said this on the Czech Television program Otázky Václava Moravec. The article stated that Turk had repeatedly posted openly racist, sexist or homophobic statements on Facebook, as well as numerous allusions to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and fa…
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