PRAGUE – As coalition talks intensify following Czechia’s parliamentary elections, the right-wing populist Motorists party is seeking a major role in government – including the foreign ministry portfolio. Andrej Babiš’s populist ANO movement won the 3–4 October elections with 34.5% of the vote, securing 80 of 200 lower-house seats. To form a majority, Babiš is in negotiations with two smaller parties: Tomio Okamura’s far-right SPD party, and the newly ascendant Motorists party. Together, the three parties would have 108 seats. The SPD wants one to three ministries and announced it would be willing to fill any government roles with “experts”...
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