Andrej Babiš
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Oct 15, 2026
Ian WilloughbyHOST
[upbeat music] News.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš from the ANO party has described the European Commission's proposed new revenue sources for the European Union's next seven-year budget as completely unacceptable to Czechia.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
Speaking before an EU summit in Brussels, he opposed diverting revenue from tobacco excise duties, emissions allowances, and the carbon border levy into EU coffers.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
The Irish EU presidency has proposed a budget 8% below the Commission's original plan, but divisions remain.
Ian WilloughbyHOST
But first, here's the news with Vit Bohanka.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš from the ANO party has described the European Commission's proposed new revenue sources for the European Union's next seven-year budget as completely unacceptable to Czechia.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
Speaking before an EU summit in Brussels, he opposed diverting revenue from tobacco excise duties, emissions allowances and the carbon border levy into EU coffers.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
The Irish EU presidency has proposed a budget 8% below the Commission's original plan, but divisions remain.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
The trial is scheduled to run until Friday.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
The non-governmental organization, Transparency International, says the European Commission has confirmed that Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš of the ANO party remains in conflict of interest despite transferring Agrofert shares to the RSVP trust in February.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
The organization published the details of the commission's letter on Wednesday, saying existing measures were insufficient.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
Andrej Babiš dismissed the findings as nonsense, insisting he had permanently relinquished the company, received no profit from it, and done more than required.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
In September, the commission paused the deadline for reimbursing more than three million euros in agricultural funding linked to Agrofert for six months.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
It warned further measures could follow to protect EU finances.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
The trial is scheduled to run until Friday.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
[upbeat music] The non-governmental organization, Transparency International, says the European Commission has confirmed that Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš of the ANO party remains in conflict of interest despite transferring Agrofert shares to the RSVP trust in February.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
The organization published the details of the commission's letter on Wednesday, saying existing measures were insufficient.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
Andrej Babiš dismissed the findings as nonsense, insisting he had permanently relinquished the company, received no profit from it, and done more than required.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
In September, the commission paused the deadline for reimbursing more than three million euros in agricultural funding linked to Agrofert for six months.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
It warned further measures could follow to protect EU finances.
MaryHOST
Over in Prague, there is a fight brewing over farm money.
MaryHOST
The European Commission is scrutinizing Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis.
JohnHOST
The issue is his ties to a massive agrochemical group called Agrofert.
JohnHOST
Babis put the company in a trust fund to keep getting European Union farm subsidies.
Sierra Krieger WolfHOST
I'm Sierra Krieger Wolf, and you're listening to Czechia in 30 Minutes, the show where we give you a rundown of what's recently been happening in the country in just half an hour.
Sierra Krieger WolfHOST
Coming up on today's show, what Czechia's local election results mean for Andrej Babiš's government.
Sierra Krieger WolfHOST
The broadest public fundraiser to help people with visual impairments kicks off across Czechia, and a conversation with the founder of a hair salon in Prague and his unique accompanying podcast.
Sierra Krieger WolfHOST
Those reports coming up soon, but first, we turn to the news with Daniela Lazarova.
speaker_0SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[upbeat music] News.
Daniela LazarovaCORRESPONDENT
The Czech Republic should urge EU leaders to negotiate with Russia on peace in Ukraine at this week's summit in Brussels, Freedom and Direct Democracy leader Tomio Okamura said on Monday.
Daniela LazarovaCORRESPONDENT
Speaking after a meeting of the governing coalition of ANO, Freedom and Direct Democracy, and the Motorists' Party, Okamura said his proposal had met with no objections, including from Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.
Daniela LazarovaCORRESPONDENT
He said the Czech Republic should not support the war in any way but instead push for peace talks with Moscow following the example of the United States.
speaker_1HOST
That-- Exactly.
speaker_1HOST
The protesters are urging voters to explicitly reject candidates aligned with Prime Minister Andrej Babis.
speaker_1HOST
They view his administration as a populist threat, and they want to stack the Senate to ensure it functions as a robust legislative wall against executive overreach.
speaker_0HOST
And the current Czech government is attempting to maintain its mandate amid these severe accusations of oligarchic influence.
Ian WilloughbyCORRESPONDENT
News.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
Czech authorities have responded to European Commission concerns over Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's, from the ANO party, potential conflict of interest.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
Czech Radio's news website, iRozhlas.cz, has learned.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
Brussels previously said transferring Agrofert shares into the RSVP trust didn't sufficiently resolve the issue, partly because family members could benefit.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
The Ministry for Regional Development says its response outlines safeguards preventing EU subsidies from being granted where conflicts of interests are identified.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
Prime Minister Babiš maintains that he has severed all ties with Agrofert and denies any conflict.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
The commission has already blocked reimbursements for some Agrofert-related projects.
Vít PohankaCORRESPONDENT
Czechs will go to the polls on Friday and Saturday in municipal elections and the first round of Senate elections.
Zdenek LukasHOST
If somebody has a vested interest, it means maybe this person is going to, mm, be a little bit biased towards one decision rather than the other.
Zdenek LukasHOST
If you have a vested interest, we have, in Czech politics, we have one prime minister, his name is Andrej Babis, and he has a vested interest, unfortunately.
Zdenek LukasHOST
And, uh, his decisions, um, in Czech politics are based on, um, what is useful for him and for his business.
Zdenek LukasHOST
So he has a vested interest.
Daniela LazarovaHOST
The drought status declared by the region means that exemptions apply to some legislative procedures including regulation of inflows to the reservoir.
Daniela LazarovaHOST
The Husinec reservoir is the first Czech reservoir to have almost completely dried up.
Daniela LazarovaHOST
In response to the news, Prime Minister Andrei Babish has called another meeting of the National Coalition for Combating Drought for next Monday.
Daniela LazarovaHOST
He announced the move on Iks, a day after reports that the Husseinets Reservoir in South Bohemia had dried up.
Daniela LazarovaHOST
Babish said the coalition would discuss the measures already being implemented with experts and decide on further steps to help mitigate the effects of the situation.
Daniela LazarovaHOST
The government revived the National Coalition for Combating Drought in August following a spell of extremely hot and dry weather that reduced river flows across the Czech Republic, in some cases to historic lows.
Daniela LazarovaHOST
Following the coalition's meeting then, Babiš announced that one of its first tasks would be for ministries, together with the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, to draw up a map of around 500 to 1,000 problem areas where water is disappearing fastest.
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