US EditionCzech Republic: Foreign Minister Macinka Attacks President Pavel
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Czech President Petr Pavel is blackmailed by his country's foreign minister, who continues to focus on confrontation.
The government is not interested in escalating the conflict with the president, the chairman of the Motorists and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Environment Petr Macinka will change his way of communicating, announced Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) after Monday's government meeting. The dispute flared up after President Petr Pavel published Macinka's communication with the castle advisor Petr Kolář, where Macinka urged the appointmen…
The president talks about blackmail, the foreign minister defends himself with "normal political communication" and Prime Minister Babiš stayed away. Petr Macinka's published SMS messages, in which he pressured the Castle, opened up not only the question of the limits of political pressure, but also who benefits from the whole thing. "The more Macinka and the Castle are discussed, the less they talk about what the government is really doing," sa…
"I run the government and I run it hard," made Prime Minister and ANO leader Andrej Babiš laugh when asked by a journalist whether he or the Motorists' leader, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Environment Petr Macinka, was running the government. "We don't want to escalate the dispute, we agreed on that in the coalition," Babiš said. He was reacting to Macinka's statement that the Foreign Ministry had no choice but to ignore President Petr Pa…
The government coalition of ANO, SPD and Motorists does not want to escalate the dispute with Hrad, and agreed to this at today's meeting. After the cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) stated this regarding the rift between Motorists' chairman and Foreign Minister Petr Macinka and President Petr Pavel. The leaders did not discuss who will represent the Czech Republic at the summer NATO summit today, he added.
Prague - The ruling coalition of ANO, SPD and Motorists does not want to escalate the dispute with the Castle, and agreed to this at today's meeting. After the cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) stated this regarding the rift between Motorists' chairman and Foreign Minister Petr Macinka and President Petr Pavel. The leaders did not discuss who will represent the Czech Republic at the summer NATO summit today, he added.
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