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Babis' new government in the Czech Republic: trust, chaos and controversy!
Czech Republic's new government under Babis wins confidence vote. Find out more about their plans and challenges.
Babis' new government in the Czech Republic: trust, chaos and controversy!
On January 15, 2026, the new Czech government under Prime Minister Andrej Babis successfully passed its vote of confidence in parliament. With 108 yes votes compared to 91 no votes, the government can now implement its policy. That vote followed an intense, more than 25-hour debate in the House of Representatives in which the opposition accused the coalition of protecting each other from prosecution. This is happening in the context of ongoing investigations against Babis for alleged subsidy fraud and against the founder of the ultra-right Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD), Tomio Okamura, for sedition.
The coalition that Babis leads is made up of his ANO party, the Motorists party and the SPD. This connection is not without tensions, especially since the SPD has publicly spoken out in favor of the Czech Republic leaving the EU and NATO. In addition, resistance to central EU projects is announced, for example with regard to the frozen Russian assets, which affects the government's political course in the Brussels arena. As wiwo.de reports, Babis was already skeptical about Ukrainian support for his previous government, but emphasized that the concerns of Czech citizens must come first.
Political agenda of the new government
Prime Minister Babis is relying on quick measures, including strict rules for the deportation of criminal foreigners and the clear rejection of a switch from the crown to the euro. At the first meeting of his cabinet, he plans to reject the European migration pact and opposes the new emissions trading (ETS2). Petr Macinka, leader of the Motorists party and designated foreign and environment minister, even goes so far as to call for a complete withdrawal from the Green Deal because he does not consider global warming to be a major problem. These views have already met with protests from environmentalists.
Support for Ukraine remains a particularly sensitive issue. Babis reiterated that the Czech Republic will not participate in a peacekeeping force in Ukraine, but he plans to continue the Prague grenade initiative without using taxpayer money. So far, over four million rounds of ammunition have already been delivered to Kiev - a strong signal amid the ongoing conflicts in the region, which is made clear in the report by tagesschau.de.
In conclusion, the new government under Babis faces numerous challenges, both within the Czech Republic and at the international level. It will be exciting to see how the broad agenda of the coalition parties is implemented and what impact this will have on the Czech population and their European relationship [np-coburg.de].