ANO party leader Andrej Babis stands on the day Czech President Petr Pavel appoints him as the country's new Prime Minister at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic December 9, 2025. REUTERS/Eva Korinkova
PRAGUE, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Czech President Petr Pavel appointed the government of new Prime Minister Andrej Babis on Monday, following an October election won by the billionaire leader's populist ANO party.
Babis, 71, is returning to power after four years in opposition, leading a coalition with the far-right, anti-European Union and pro-Russian SPD party and the Motorists for Themselves party, whose main agenda is opposing the EU's climate policies.
(Reporting by Jason Hovet and Jan Lopatka)
