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Berlin, Jan 31 (CTK correspondent) – Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) is convinced that he has almost nothing in common with President Milos Zeman, Babis has said in an interview with German paper Die Welt.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Babis also called the re-elected Zeman, 73, his president, and said a campaign was being led against Zeman.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Almost nothing at all,” Babis answered the paper’s question about what he has in common with Zeman.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“He is my president. I supported him. We do not always share views, but he supported me, too,” said Babis, who also expressed satisfaction with the presidential election’s result.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Zeman defended his post in the January 26-27 second round of the direct presidential election, gaining 51.4 percent of the vote and beating his rival, former Science Academy chairman Jiri Drahos (48.6 percent).<\/span><\/p>\n

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“His (Zeman’s) problem lies in that you, Western journalists, are copying all rubbish that his enemies write. A campaign is being led against him. But I have also criticised him in some points,” Babis said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Before the runoff vote, Babis recommended that Zeman get rid of Presidential Office head Vratislav Mynar and his close aide Martin Nejedly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Babis said Zeman had been exaggerating the migration issue at the beginning. However, primarily an ultra-right party in the Czech Republic took up this issue, Babis said without elaborating, possibly referring to the anti-EU and anti-immigration Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Di Welt also asks Babis who, along with Zeman, is labelled a populist in Germany, about U.S. President Donald Trump and former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, two politicians with whom Babis is often compared.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“I and Trump had one thing in common in the past – we both had Czech wives. This is all. And when it comes to Berlusconi, I do not own any televisions, I have just one music channel,” Babis said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He also commented on the formation of a government. He reiterated that he would prefer heading a minority government.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He said he would wait (with the government cooperation talks) for the Social Democrats’ (CSSD) new leadership to be elected at their forthcoming congress.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“However, I feel disappointed by all parties that were reluctant to support my government for various reasons,” he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Babis’s ANO minority government resigned two weeks ago as the Chamber of Deputies did not vote confidence in it. Zeman entrusted Babis with talks on the formation of a new cabinet and said he would reappoint him as PM.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Babis faces criminal prosecution on suspicion of an EU subsidy fraud. Most parties refuse to join a government headed by a prosecuted person.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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