Turek no longer attending ministry meetings as crash investigated

MP Filip Turek of the Motorists party will no longer participate in negotiations, official meetings or management consultations at the Ministry of the Environment, a ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. Mr. Turek has hitherto worked there as government commissioner for climate policy and the Green Deal, but has suspended this role in connection with a police investigation into a road traffic accident he was involved in.

A collision in central Prague between a jeep driven by Mr. Turek and a medical vehicle, which flipped over, causing injury to the driver, has dominated headlines in Czechia this week. The MP says he will step down as government commissioner if found responsible for the crash.