Pirates demand recovery of subsidies paid to Agrofert, threaten criminal complaint

The Czech Pirate Party is calling on the Ministry of Agriculture to publish key documents and start recovering subsidies paid to Agrofert at a time when its owner, Andrej Babiš, leader of ANO Party and now prime minister, was allegedly in a conflict of interest. Otherwise, the party says it will file a criminal complaint. Former Pirate leader Ivan Bartoš said the situation was serious, noting that the ministry, now led by Martin Šebestyán, has so far failed to act despite an earlier analysis pointing to the unlawful payment of subsidies.