Czech President Petr Pavel on Monday tapped Andrej Babis, leader of the populist ANO party that won a parliamentary election this month, to lead talks on forming a new government, the next step in the billionaire former prime minister's return to power, APA reports, citing Reuters.
Since the October 3-4 election, ANO has been in talks with the right-wing, eurosceptic Motorists and the far-right, anti-European Union and anti-NATO SPD parties, which would hold a combined 108 out of the 200 seats in parliament's lower house.
The parties are finalising a joint government agenda that is likely to lead to higher fiscal spending, less support for Ukraine's defence against Russia and stronger opposition to EU migration and climate policies than under outgoing Prime Minister Petr Fiala's centre-right government.
Pavel said he entrusted Babis with forming a government due to the course of negotiations between the parties. He said he would see the text of the planned government agenda in the second half of this week.
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