We Have a Government
Czech centrist and center-right parties reached an agreement on forming a majority coalition government and its key agenda, said the chairman of the strongest party in the forming coalition on Tuesday. The parties, grouped in two coalitions, won the majority of seats in the lower chamber of parliament in the October 8-9 election, beating the current Prime Minister Andrej Babis, whose key allies were ousted from the parliament. “In addition to the position of Prime Minister, the SPOLU coalition will fill the positions of the Ministry of Finance, Defense, Labor and Social Affairs, Transport, Health, Justice, Agriculture, Environment, Culture and the post of Minister of Science, Research and Innovation,” said Petr Fiala said on Tuesday. The PirSTAN coalition will include the Ministry of Interior, Industry, Education, Local development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the newly defined Minister for Legislation and the Minister for the EU. The candidate for Prime Minister Petr Fiala further informed that he had been contacted by the head of the President’s office, Vratislav Mynář. “He delivered a message for me from President (Miloš) Zeman. He is looking forward to meeting me,” he said. Voter turnout was up to near 65%, compared with 60% at the last...
