Supreme state attorney: Babiš does control Agrofert

The Czech prime minister, Andrej Babiš, continues to have a decisive influence on companies in the Agrofert group, according to the substantiation of a decision made by the supreme state attorney, Pavel Zeman, the news site Neovliví.cz reported on Tuesday. Last month Mr. Zeman refused to file a suit against Mr. Babiš over alleged conflict of interest stemming from control of media outlets. However, in his legal explanation the supreme state attorney said that a ruling by the Central Bohemian Regional Authority that the prime minister was not in conflict of interest was incorrect.

The European Parliament adopted a resolution in June stating that the Czech PM was in conflict of interest. For his part Mr. Babiš says he placed Agrofert in trusts and no longer controls it.