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Who Will "Oversee" the Zone? a Motorist with Ties to China Could Have Replaced Vích

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While the parties of the new coalition ANO, SPD and Motorists have already distributed positions in the government, the fight for deputy positions is just getting started. The positions of Defense Minister Jaromír Zůna (non-party for SPD) are being particularly closely watched, as both SPD and Motorists want to get their people there.

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While the parties of the new coalition ANO, SPD and Motorists have already distributed positions in the government, the fight for deputy positions is just getting started. The positions of Defense Minister Jaromír Zůna (non-party for SPD) are being particularly closely watched, as both SPD and Motorists want to get their people there.

Things are boiling in the SPD. After the SPD's Minister of Defense, Jaromír Zůna, entered a press conference last week with a position supporting Ukraine, the movement released a series of videos over the weekend in which he corrected this position. This concerns the approach to visiting Kiev, the purchase of F-35 fighters, and general support for the country.

"Minister Zůna will from now on speak out on the army and its security, while Prime Minister Babiš will communicate the government's positions on foreign issues, including Ukraine," the coalition council agreed. TMBK collage for SZ.

Jan Wirnitzer's commentary: For Minister Jaromír Zůna, this is a sharp introduction to Czech politics. He expressed himself in the same way as the party that nominated him and the Prime Minister in the past – and he hit hard on the political reality of today.

According to ODS deputy chairman Martin Kupka, the coalition council of ANO, SPD and Motorists has muzzled Defense Minister Jaromír Zůn (for the SPD) by banning him from commenting on foreign issues. Kupka told reporters on Monday. According to him, this contradicts the promise of the government of Andrej Babiš (ANO) to support...

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Hospodářské Nnoviny (HN.cz) broke the news in on Monday, December 22, 2025.
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