Renewed National Coalition Against Drought to be led by Prime Minister Babiš

The renewed National Coalition Against Drought will be headed by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO). He said this today following a government meeting.

According to Babiš, the coalition will include Agriculture Minister Martin Šebestyán (nominated by SPD) and Environment Minister Igor Červený (Motorists). Representing the regions will be Richard Brabec (ANO), a former environment minister and the current governor of the Ústí nad Labem Region. The coalition will hold its first meeting this afternoon.

Among the experts who will join the coalition, Babiš mentioned bioclimatologist Miroslav Trnka from the Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, who is also the coordinator of the Intersucho drought-monitoring portal, as well as Tomáš Fojtík, director of the T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute.