"The process of forming the 3-week-old right-wing coalition government in Prague after the general election in early October was protracted and difficult. One ministerial post remains empty after backlash against the coalition's preferred candidate. In addition, the requisite vote of confidence for the new Cabinet has not yet been held in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Czech parliament."
"Despite all of this, the incomplete Cabinet led by right-wing billionaire Andrej Babis has already caused uproar on both the domestic and foreign policy fronts and the first cracks are beginning to appear in the coalition. The main bone of contention is Czechia's support for Ukraine an issue that dominated last fall's parliamentary election campaign. In the run-up to the election, the three parties that now make up the government sought to outdo each other with their promises to stop the country's support for Ukraine."
The three-party right-wing coalition in Czechia, led by Andrej Babis, formed after a protracted post-election process and still lacks a full cabinet and a vote of confidence in the lower house. One ministerial post remains vacant following backlash against the preferred candidate. The coalition faces internal tensions over Czechia's support for Ukraine, with euroskeptic ANO and the Motorists for Themselves adopting a pragmatic stance under European pressure while the pro‑Russia SPD maintains a hard anti‑Ukraine line. Babis announced continuation of the ammunition initiative coordinating artillery procurement for Ukraine despite earlier campaign promises to end it.
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