US EditionCzech president swears in new coalition government of populist billionaire Andrej Babiš
Andrej Babiš’s coalition government plans to reduce support for Ukraine, oppose some EU policies, and implement domestic reforms including energy and pension changes.
- On Monday President Petr Pavel swore in a 16-member Cabinet led by populist billionaire Andrej Babia at Prague Castle.
- After the October victory ANO negotiated a majority coalition with the Freedom and Direct Democracy party and Motorists for Themselves, marking Babia's political comeback since 2021.
- ANO holds eight posts including the prime minister's office, while the Motorists for Themselves have four Cabinet seats and the Freedom and Direct Democracy party holds three.
- Babia announced immediate foreign and domestic policy shifts, rejecting financial aid and EU loan guarantees for Ukraine and planning to abandon the 1.8 million artillery shells initiative this year while cutting electricity prices and revoking pension reform.
- On refugees and EU policy the coalition stakes out dramatic positions as Babia joins Viktor Orb�n, Hungary's leader, and Robert Fico, Slovakia's leader, opposing EU sanctions and military aid for Ukraine.
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Two months after the parliamentary election, the new Czech government is under Andrej Babis. The country is now taking a right-wing populist turnaround. Is it all about symbol politics? Or is the Czech Republic becoming like Hungary?
With the swearing-in of all ministers on Monday at the Prague Castle, the formation of the new right-wing populist government from Ano, the motorist driver's party as well as freedom and direct democracy (SPD) in the Czech Republic is formally ended. Commentators debate how the cabinet will position itself under Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, in particular vis-à-vis Russia and Ukraine.
A new government led by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has been sworn in in the Czech Republic, which, in addition to his populist ANO movement, also includes ministers from two Eurosceptic coalition partners.
President Petr Paul officially announced the new executive coalition of right led by Babish, ending several weeks of uncertainty about the number of people's billionaires in the government's front.Paul agreed to appoint him Prime Minister after Babish resigned from the control of the Agrofert Conglomerate, the main beneficiary of European subsidies, according to Political. "The European Commission must find other funding modes for Ukraine. Our b…
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