Environmental groups urge PM Babiš to stop Motorists’ verbal attacks against them

The association of environmental organisations, known as the Green Circle, has sent an open letter to Prime Minister Andrej Babiš urging him to stop the spiral of verbal attacks against them from the Motorists’ party of the ruling coalition. In a statement released on Monday, Green Circle said the Motorists were spreading hatred in society and that their verbal aggression toward the non-profit sector and state employees was steadily intensifying.

The association cited remarks by party leader Petr Macinka, who describes environmental organisations as “green terrorists” and comments by Motorist MP and government commissioner for climate policy Filip Turek, who referred to some state employees as “parasites” that the Motorists intended to gradually “exterminate.”

Following the statements, the Czech branch of Friends of the Earth sent pre-litigation notices to both Macinka and Turek.