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Czech PM Visits The EU Commission - Brussels

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis (L) is welcome by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (R) prior a bilateral meeting in the Berlaymont building, the EU Commission headquarter on December 11, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Andrej Babiš, founder of the Agrofert Group, visited the European Commission soon after being sworn in as Czech prime minister, signalling a hard‑line stance on EU climate policies and a push to limit further military aid to Ukraine, an approach Brussels described as a wake‑up call. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Czech PM Visits The EU Commission - Brussels

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis is welcome by the President of the European Commission (Unseen) prior a bilateral meeting in the Berlaymont building, the EU Commission headquarter on December 11, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Andrej Babiš, founder of the Agrofert Group, visited the European Commission soon after being sworn in as Czech prime minister, signalling a hard‑line stance on EU climate policies and a push to limit further military aid to Ukraine, an approach Brussels described as a wake‑up call. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Czech PM Visits The EU Commission - Brussels

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis (L) is welcome by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (R) prior a bilateral meeting in the Berlaymont building, the EU Commission headquarter on December 11, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Andrej Babiš, founder of the Agrofert Group, visited the European Commission soon after being sworn in as Czech prime minister, signalling a hard‑line stance on EU climate policies and a push to limit further military aid to Ukraine, an approach Brussels described as a wake‑up call. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Czech PM Visits The EU Commission - Brussels

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis (L) is welcome by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (R) prior a bilateral meeting in the Berlaymont building, the EU Commission headquarter on December 11, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Andrej Babiš, founder of the Agrofert Group, visited the European Commission soon after being sworn in as Czech prime minister, signalling a hard‑line stance on EU climate policies and a push to limit further military aid to Ukraine, an approach Brussels described as a wake‑up call. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Agrofet, logo, headquaters.

Headquaters of Agrofert company, in Prague, Czech Republic, July 18, 2020. (CTK Photo/Martin Macak Gregor)

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Agrofet, logo, headquaters

Headquaters of Agrofert company, in Prague, Czech Republic, July 18, 2020. (CTK Photo/Martin Macak Gregor)

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Andrej Babis

On Friday, the European Commission released the final audit report stating that Czech PM Andrej Babis is in a conflict of interest because, in his capacity as PM, he co-decides on the distribution of EU money and at the same time controls Agrofert, a huge chemical, agricultural, food and media holding. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis speaks during the press conference in Lany, Czech Republic, April 26, 2021. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Klara Dostalova, Regional Development Minister

Czech bodies disagree with the conclusion of the EC audit on PM Andrej Babis's (ANO) conflict of interest, Regional Development Minister Klara Dostalova (for ANO) said in Prague, Czech Republic, April 26, 2021, adding that there are two opposite legal opinions between which only an independent court should decide. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Klara Dostalova, Regional Development Minister

Czech bodies disagree with the conclusion of the EC audit on PM Andrej Babis's (ANO) conflict of interest, Regional Development Minister Klara Dostalova (for ANO) said in Prague, Czech Republic, April 26, 2021, adding that there are two opposite legal opinions between which only an independent court should decide. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Agrofert, logo

Headquarters of agrochemical Agrofert Holding, which Czech PM, ANO chairman and billionaire Andrej Babis owned, but transferred with the rest of his concern to trust funds in 2017 to meet the conflict of interest law, in Prague, Czech Republic, July 18, 2020. (CTK Photo/Martin Macak Gregor)

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Monika Hohlmeier, Sandor Ronai

From left, EP Committee on Budgetary Control chairwoman Monika Hohlmeier and MEP Sandor Ronai attend a press conference on presenting findings concerning Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis's possible conflict of interest, European House in Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, February 28, 2020. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Monika Hohlmeier, Tomas Zdechovsky, Sandor Ronai

MEP Tomas Zdechovsky, from left, EP Committee on Budgetary Control chairwoman Monika Hohlmeier and MEP Sandor Ronai attend a press conference on presenting findings concerning Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis's possible conflict of interest, European House in Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, February 28, 2020. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Monika Hohlmeier, Tomas Zdechovsky

MEP Tomas Zdechovsky, from left, EP Committee on Budgetary Control chairwoman Monika Hohlmeier attend a press conference on presenting findings concerning Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis's possible conflict of interest, European House in Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, February 28, 2020. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Monika Hohlmeier, Tomas Zdechovsky

MEP Tomas Zdechovsky, left, and EP Committee on Budgetary Control chairwoman Monika Hohlmeier attend a press conference on presenting findings concerning Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis's possible conflict of interest, European House in Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, February 28, 2020. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Monika Hohlmeier

EP Committee on Budgetary Control chairwoman Monika Hohlmeier attends a press conference on presenting findings concerning Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis's possible conflict of interest, European House in Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, February 28, 2020. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Monika Hohlmeier

EP Committee on Budgetary Control chairwoman Monika Hohlmeier attends a press conference on presenting findings concerning Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis's possible conflict of interest, European House in Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday, February 28, 2020. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Miroslav Toman

***JANUARY 18, 2020, FILE PHOTO*** The Czech Republic will file a lawsuit against the European Commission (EC) with the EU Court of Justice for suspending the subsidy payments to the Agrofert concern over PM Andrej Babis's suspected conflict of interest. The government approved the lawsuit on Monday, based on the proposal by Agriculture Minister Miroslav Toman (for junior ruling Social Democrats, CSSD), photo. Though the EC nodded to the subsidy payments later, this is a matter of principle for the ministry. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (Social Democrats, CSSD) told CTK today, on February 5, 2020, that the cabinet's decision was unanimous and followed lawyers' recommendation. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Miroslav Toman

***JANUARY 18, 2020, FILE PHOTO*** The Czech Republic will file a lawsuit against the European Commission (EC) with the EU Court of Justice for suspending the subsidy payments to the Agrofert concern over PM Andrej Babis's suspected conflict of interest. The government approved the lawsuit on Monday, based on the proposal by Agriculture Minister Miroslav Toman (for junior ruling Social Democrats, CSSD), photo. Though the EC nodded to the subsidy payments later, this is a matter of principle for the ministry. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (Social Democrats, CSSD) told CTK today, on February 5, 2020, that the cabinet's decision was unanimous and followed lawyers' recommendation. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Miroslav Toman

***JANUARY 18, 2020, FILE PHOTO*** The Czech Republic will file a lawsuit against the European Commission (EC) with the EU Court of Justice for suspending the subsidy payments to the Agrofert concern over PM Andrej Babis's suspected conflict of interest. The government approved the lawsuit on Monday, based on the proposal by Agriculture Minister Miroslav Toman (for junior ruling Social Democrats, CSSD), photo. Though the EC nodded to the subsidy payments later, this is a matter of principle for the ministry. Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (Social Democrats, CSSD) told CTK today, on February 5, 2020, that the cabinet's decision was unanimous and followed lawyers' recommendation. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Jiri Sir, Martin Sebestyan

Deputy Agriculture Minister Jiri Sir, left, and the director of the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) Martin Sebestyan hold briefing on Thursday, January 29, 2020, after their talks with European Commission representatives about audit concerning PM Andrej Babis's conflict of interest held in Brussels on Tuesday, in Agriculture Ministry, Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Jiri Sir, Martin Sebestyan

Deputy Agriculture Minister Jiri Sir, left, and the director of the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) Martin Sebestyan hold briefing on Thursday, January 29, 2020, after their talks with European Commission representatives about audit concerning PM Andrej Babis's conflict of interest held in Brussels on Tuesday, in Agriculture Ministry, Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Jiri Sir, Martin Sebestyan

Deputy Agriculture Minister Jiri Sir, left, and the director of the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) Martin Sebestyan hold briefing on Thursday, January 29, 2020, after their talks with European Commission representatives about audit concerning PM Andrej Babis's conflict of interest held in Brussels on Tuesday, in Agriculture Ministry, Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Jiri Sir, Martin Sebestyan

Deputy Agriculture Minister Jiri Sir, left, and the director of the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) Martin Sebestyan hold briefing on Thursday, January 29, 2020, after their talks with European Commission representatives about audit concerning PM Andrej Babis's conflict of interest held in Brussels on Tuesday, in Agriculture Ministry, Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Jiri Sir, Martin Sebestyan

Deputy Agriculture Minister Jiri Sir, left, and the director of the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) Martin Sebestyan hold briefing on Thursday, January 29, 2020, after their talks with European Commission representatives about audit concerning PM Andrej Babis's conflict of interest held in Brussels on Tuesday, in Agriculture Ministry, Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Jiri Sir, Martin Sebestyan

Deputy Agriculture Minister Jiri Sir, left, and the director of the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) Martin Sebestyan hold briefing on Thursday, January 29, 2020, after their talks with European Commission representatives about audit concerning PM Andrej Babis's conflict of interest held in Brussels on Tuesday, in Agriculture Ministry, Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Jiri Sir, Martin Sebestyan

Deputy Agriculture Minister Jiri Sir, right, and the director of the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) Martin Sebestyan leave briefing on Thursday, January 29, 2020, after their talks with European Commission representatives about audit concerning PM Andrej Babis's conflict of interest held in Brussels on Tuesday, in Agriculture Ministry, Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Andrej Babis, Prague's State Opera historical building

Prague's State Opera historical building re-opened to the public with a gala concert in Prague, Czech Republic, January 5, 2020, after a reconstruction that lasted almost three years and cost 1.3 billion crowns. The concert was attended by politicians and representatives of culture, and also foreign guests such as Hungarian PM Viktor Orban, the German government commissioner for culture Monika Grutters and ambassadors of several countries. Czech PM Andrej Babis speaks with journalist in Prague, January 5, 2020. The European Commission (EC) audit on agricultural subsidies says that Prime Minister Andrej Babis (right) is facing a conflict of interest, still dominating the Agrofert firm, January 6, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Leo Steiner

Former State Environmental Fund deputy director Leo Steiner, who had suspended the payment of national subsidies to Agrofert group's distillery unit Ethanol Energy in Kutna Hora over suspected conflict of interest of Agrofert's former owner, Prime Minister Babis, speaks at the demonstration for resignation of PM Andrej Babis convoked by Million Moments for Democracy group at Wenceslas Square, Prague, Czech Republic, on Wednesday, December 10, 2019. After a series of short speeches, demonstrators march to Main Railway Station in order to fill it with banners and leaflets for an hour. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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State Agricultural Intervention Fund, SAIF, SZIF

***FILE PHOTO*** The Czech State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) announced in November 2019 that it will start paying out subsidies to Agrofert approved between its transfer to trust funds in February 2017 and August 2018 when the EU conflict of interest regulation took effect. The fund said it will pay subsidies of 51.2 million crowns in total for two Agrofert projects. According to the fund, it must pay these subsidies because there is no legitimate reason for withdrawing them. Otherwise it might face a risk of a legal complaint filed by Agrofert. Agrofert is one of biggest Czech recipients of subsidies. Czech authorities keep paying out subsidies to the group, although PM Andrej Babis (ANO), who transferred Agrofert to trust funds, is suspected of being in a conflict of interest. ORIGINAL CAPTION: Logo of the Czech State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SAIF, SZIF) is seen during a fair in Brno, Czech Republic, on February 18, 2016. (CTK Photo/Petr Svancara)

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Andrej Babis, Agrofert, London Booster

***FILE PHOTO*** Czech businessman of Slovak origin Andrej Babis poses in front of headquarters of his agrochemical Agrofert Holding and London Booster, piece by Czech artist David Cerny, in Prague, Czech Republic, on August 27, 2013. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Andrej Babis, London Booster

***FILE PHOTO*** Czech businessman of Slovak origin Andrej Babis poses in front of headquarters of his agrochemical Agrofert Holding and London Booster, piece by Czech artist David Cerny, in Prague, Czech Republic, on August 27, 2013. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Andrej Babis, London Booster

***FILE PHOTO*** Czech businessman of Slovak origin Andrej Babis poses in front of headquarters of his agrochemical Agrofert Holding and London Booster, piece by Czech artist David Cerny, in Prague, Czech Republic, on August 27, 2013. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Agrofert, logo, headquarters

***FILE PHOTO*** Headquarters of agrochemical Agrofert Holding is seen in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 28, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Andrej Babis, London Booster

***FILE PHOTO*** Czech businessman of Slovak origin Andrej Babis poses in front of headquarters of his agrochemical Agrofert Holding and London Booster, piece by Czech artist David Cerny, in Prague, Czech Republic, on August 27, 2013. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Agrofert, logo

***FILE PHOTO*** Headquarters of agrochemical Agrofert Holding is seen in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 28, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Agrofert, logo, headquarters

***FILE PHOTO*** Headquarters of agrochemical Agrofert Holding and London Booster, piece by Czech artist David Cerny, are seen in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 28, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Andrej Babis, Agrofert

***FILE PHOTO*** Czech businessman of Slovak origin Andrej Babis poses in front of headquarters of his agrochemical Agrofert Holding in Prague, Czech Republic, on August 27, 2013. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Agrofert, logo, headquarters

***FILE PHOTO*** Headquarters of agrochemical Agrofert Holding is seen in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 28, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Agrofert, logo

***FILE PHOTO*** Headquarters of agrochemical Agrofert Holding is seen in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 28, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Agrofert, logo

***FILE PHOTO*** Headquarters of agrochemical Agrofert Holding is seen in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 28, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Agrofert, logo, headquarters

***FILE PHOTO*** Headquarters of agrochemical Agrofert Holding and London Booster, piece by Czech artist David Cerny, are seen in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 28, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Agrofert, logo, headquarters

***FILE PHOTO*** Headquarters of agrochemical Agrofert Holding is seen in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 28, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Agrofert, logo

***FILE PHOTO*** Headquarters of agrochemical Agrofert Holding of Czech businessman of Slovak origin Andrej Babis is seen in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 14, 2011. (CTK Photo/Martin Sterba)

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Agrofert, logo

***FILE PHOTO*** Headquarters of agrochemical Agrofert Holding of Czech businessman of Slovak origin Andrej Babis is seen in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 14, 2011. (CTK Photo/Martin Sterba)

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Agrofert, logo

***FILE PHOTO*** Headquarters of agrochemical Agrofert Holding of Czech businessman of Slovak origin Andrej Babis is seen in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 14, 2011. (CTK Photo/Martin Sterba)

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Agrofert, logo

***FILE PHOTO*** Headquarters of agrochemical Agrofert Holding of Czech businessman of Slovak origin Andrej Babis is seen in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 14, 2011. (CTK Photo/Martin Sterba)

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Andrej Babis, Vaclav Moravec, Petr Fiala

Czech PM Andrej Babis (left) told Czech Television (CT) during the Questions of Vaclav Moravec (centre) TV political discussion programme in Prague, Czech Republic, December 1, 2019 that he acted in harmony with law and transferred his Agrofert holding to trust funds. He said he cannot influence whether the European Commission audit of his suspected conflict of interest, which Czech authorities received on Friday, will be released. At right is opposition leader Petr Fiala (Civic Democrats, ODS). (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Andrej Babis, Vaclav Moravec, Petr Fiala

Czech PM Andrej Babis (left) told Czech Television (CT) during the Questions of Vaclav Moravec (centre) TV political discussion programme in Prague, Czech Republic, December 1, 2019 that he acted in harmony with law and transferred his Agrofert holding to trust funds. He said he cannot influence whether the European Commission audit of his suspected conflict of interest, which Czech authorities received on Friday, will be released. At right is opposition leader Petr Fiala (Civic Democrats, ODS). (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Andrej Babis, Vaclav Moravec, Petr Fiala

Czech PM Andrej Babis (left) told Czech Television (CT) during the Questions of Vaclav Moravec (centre) TV political discussion programme in Prague, Czech Republic, December 1, 2019 that he acted in harmony with law and transferred his Agrofert holding to trust funds. He said he cannot influence whether the European Commission audit of his suspected conflict of interest, which Czech authorities received on Friday, will be released. At right is opposition leader Petr Fiala (Civic Democrats, ODS). (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Andrej Babis, Vaclav Moravec, Petr Fiala

Czech PM Andrej Babis (left) told Czech Television (CT) during the Questions of Vaclav Moravec (centre) TV political discussion programme in Prague, Czech Republic, December 1, 2019 that he acted in harmony with law and transferred his Agrofert holding to trust funds. He said he cannot influence whether the European Commission audit of his suspected conflict of interest, which Czech authorities received on Friday, will be released. At right is opposition leader Petr Fiala (Civic Democrats, ODS). (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)