Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:44:59 +0200https://english.radio.cz/coalition-talks-danger-christian-democrats-insist-agriculture-ministry-8540933© 2026 Radio Prague International Three-party talks between the Social Democrats, ANO and Christian Democrats on forming a new government have hit a major stumbling block. The Christian Democrats are insisting on their party running the Ministry of Agriculture. The party, led by Pavel Bělobrádek, has 14 MPs in the new parliament, far fewer that ANO’s 47 and the Social Democrats’ 50. It has already been complaining about the number of ministries – two instead of three – it will be able to run in a future coalition government. Now a new battle is afoot, with the party threatening to abandon the coalition altogether if the agriculture ministry falls under the influence of Agrofert head and ANO leader Andrej Babiš. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/babis_sobotka_belobradek_3.jpg?timestamp=1591147549 https://english.radio.cz/coalition-talks-danger-christian-democrats-insist-agriculture-ministry-8540933 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9