Poll: Public split over whether Pavel should take legal action over powers

Czechs are divided on whether President Petr Pavel should appeal to the Constitutional Court if the government of Andrej Babiš prevents him from attending major international events, suggests a poll conducted for the news site Novinky.cz by the NMS agency. Some 41 percent of respondents said they backed such legal action, while 42 percent said they were against it.

Mr. Pavel said last week that he was considering filing a jurisdictional action with the country’s highest court as Prime Minister Babiš and the foreign minister, Petr Macinka, have said he will not be part of the Czech delegation at a NATO conference in Turkey in July.

In the past presidents have usually represented the country at NATO summits.