Ruling parties call parliament session over Babiš email

The leaders of the five coalition parties in government are calling for an extraordinary meeting of the lower house in response to information that ANO party leader Andrej Babiš had asked his associates for sensitive information about Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský and his family. The mail, which contained vulgar language, was accidentally sent to the wrong address and later reported on by Novinky.cz. Lipavský expressed disgust at the content of the mail. Members of the ruling collation accused the opposition leader of using methods reminiscent of the former communist secret police. Babiš later apologized for the vulgar language, but said he saw nothing wrong with his request.