\n Published on 03\/11\/2025 – 18:16 GMT+1
\n \u2022Updated
\n 20:32\n <\/p>\n
Czech billionaire and Prime Minister-designate Andrej Babi\u0161 signed a coalition deal with right-wing allies on Monday, bringing him a step closer to taking the seat once again.<\/p>\n
His ANO (Yes) party has teamed up with the climate change sceptics, the Motorists party, and the SPD (Freedom and Direct Democracy), which is against the EU and NATO.<\/p>\n
He said he aims to form a government by mid-December.<\/p>\n
The announcement comes after the Czech Republic’s president asked Babi\u0161 to form a new government after his party’s victory in last month\u2019s parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n
President Petr Pavel made the announcement after meeting Babi\u0161, whose ANO party staged a political comeback in the 3-4 October ballot.<\/p>\n
Babi\u0161 promised to present the coalition agreement and its priorities later this week, Pavel said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The parties have agreed to create a 16-member cabinet with ANO holding eight posts plus the prime minister. The Motorists would have four and the SPD three.<\/p>\n
Babi\u0161 and ANO won 34.51% of the vote, soundly beating the pro-Western conservative coalition led by outgoing Prime Minister Petr Fiala.<\/p>\n
The new three-party partnership would hold 108 seats in the 200-seat lower house of Parliament, relegating Fiala to the opposition.<\/p>\n
Babi\u0161’s return, backed by fringe eurosceptic parties, could weaken support for Ukraine’s defence against Russia’s full-scale invasion, and he has already announced he would end any aid to Kyiv coming from Prague.<\/p>\n
Babi\u0161, who is 71, has already served as prime minister of the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2021.<\/p>\n
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