Czech president taps election winner Babis to lead government talks
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on October 27, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on October 27, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Czech President appoints Andrej Babis to lead government talks after ANO party's election win, aiming for a coalition majority.
PRAGUE (Reuters) -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, a next step in the billionaire former prime minister's return to power.
Since the October 3-4 election, ANO has been in talks with the right-wing, eurosceptic Motorists and the far-right, anti-EU and anti-NATO SPD parties, which together would hold a combined 108 out of the 200 seats in parliament's lower house.
(Reporting by Jason Hovet)
In a parliamentary system, the president often serves as a ceremonial figurehead, while the prime minister and cabinet handle day-to-day governance and decision-making.
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