Parliamentary elections are drawing near. STAN went into fight with the Signature tournament. ANO has the password Czechia within the cajku. When will the Spolu coalition get started?
“We’re running now not handiest on our marketing campaign, but in addition on hanging in combination the Spolu coalition. To be able to get ready a joint program, feminine applicants, which isn’t any small activity, and I suppose that we can get started the marketing campaign in complete right through February and March. I believe there’s sufficient time till the parliamentary elections. However, the marketing campaign is in truth already underway within the public house.
You do not want to depart the Czech Republic to concern mongers and are speaking concerning the present opposition forces? Do you imply ANO and SPD?
“Sure. Through this I imply everybody who explains to electorate that with out Russian fuel we can freeze, that we can get into file debt, that my govt desires warfare, that you are going to be fired out of your activity for a nasty opinion, that hundreds of thousands of unlawful migrants will come right here and identical issues that don’t correspond to the reality in any respect. They’re simply scaring folks and their objective is to scare them, poison them and display them that the whole thing is incorrect, and that’s merely now not true.”
So even Andrej Babiš, who does now not need to depart NATO, does now not need to depart the Eu Union. Do you suppose he’s a peddler of concern?
“So pay attention someday – I am not announcing this to you, however to the readers and audience – any efficiency through Andrej Babiš. They’re going to perceive what I am speaking about right here.’
Are not you horrifying while you level to the ANO motion, which doesn’t need to depart Eu buildings?
“However wait, it isn’t near to whether or not from Eu buildings… It is about announcing, for instance: “the federal government did not get ready you for the placement that Russian fuel will forestall flowing right here. When that occurs, there’ll merely be massive issues, business must shut and companies must shut”. That is what Karel Havlíček mentioned, for instance. We wouldn’t have Russian fuel and precisely what I mentioned is occurring, it approach not anything. Andrej Babiš, I do not know if and what he desires to surrender, however he joined forces on Eu political soil with forces which might be very strongly pro-Russian, and which might transfer the Czech Republic in opposition to the East.”
Top Minister Petr Fiala (ODS) in this system Ptám se, Mr. Top Minister on Blesk.cz (January 16, 2025) | Flash
Will you run within the South Moravian Area in opposition to Alena Schillerová?
“I do not know if it is in opposition to Alena Schillerová, however since I am in politics, I ran naturally within the South Moravian area, as a result of I are living there, I used to be born there and I have lived there all my lifestyles. Even now I’m a proud resident of South Moravia.”
So that you did not believe that you’d combat with Andrej Babiš within the north of Moravia?
“I did not consider it that manner. We’re fascinated about any other factor, methods to deploy our leaders within the areas as perfect as conceivable in order that we will be able to be successful up to conceivable within the elections. That is why I would possibly not let you know 100% that I will be able to run in South Moravia, as a result of I’ve to depart the controversy open inside of Spolu. However I believe it extremely possible, and I’d love it.’
Andrej Babiš claims that he’s in a position to withdraw and now not be top minister if his particular person will have to be a drawback to ANO’s participation within the govt. Are you additionally keen to in the end withdraw and prioritize the coalition attainable of Spolu or ODS?
“I don’t believe like that in any respect. I’m looking to win the elections and shape the following govt, and that’s my objective. Andrej Babiš says one thing now, one thing at midday, one thing else within the night time. I’ve already heard such a lot of statements about how there shall be no top minister, he’s going to be top minister, that I will be able to now not remark in this in any respect. I’m addressing the electorate announcing that I need the federal government to proceed and that I need us to proceed to transport a number of the maximum a success nations in Europe, that I need us to speculate, to have a excellent financial system, to easily do what’s going to transfer us to these German salaries. “
The interview with Top Minister Petr Fiala (ODS) was once performed through Blesk editor Jakub Kopřiva. (1/16/2025) | Flash
What do you assert concerning the actions of your Slovak colleague Robert Fico, who was once in Moscow to satisfy Vladimir Putin?
“It isn’t our coverage. I don’t believe it is helping or advantages anything else. The Slovak instance presentations how necessary it’s to eliminate dependence on Russia in all instructions. I’ve issues of the coverage that Robert Fico is doing, I don’t believe it’s excellent for Europe and I don’t believe it’ll give a contribution to any excellent resolution. However Slovakia is a rustic that may indisputably have a overseas coverage that it considers excellent. And I, in flip, have the correct to mention that the Czech Republic has a special coverage and that I don’t suppose that Robert Fico’s movements – this isn’t simply my opinion – give a contribution in any solution to a unified place in Europe, which is in reality necessary in terms of Russian aggression.”
Andrej Babiš mentioned that if he was top minister, he would renew the Czechoslovak govt consultations. Are you taking into consideration one of these step? Or is it unthinkable for you beneath the present constellation?
“Each time I get started fascinated about it, Robert Fico takes some step to take me clear of the ones ideas once more. So I do not see it as one thing that is at the desk at this level. However negotiations with the Slovak facet are happening generally. We have now numerous not unusual pursuits, I’d say. I generally attempt to communicate to Robert Fic on the Eu degree, and we’re in a position to agree on some issues.”
Is Slovakia nonetheless the nearest nation to us, when the attitudes of the 2 nations on overseas coverage diverge so diametrically?
“Let’s distinguish two issues. There’s some politics this is in reality diverging at this time. However then there are the bonds of social, circle of relatives, institutional, linguistic working out. Slovakia is in reality a particularly shut nation with a herbal working out. That is how it’s, it stays, however sure, politically as of late we’ve very other evaluations, which I feel sorry about, however sadly it is a truth.”