{"id":4700,"date":"2018-05-08T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T23:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/?p=4700"},"modified":"2020-02-04T19:49:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T18:49:43","slug":"babis-to-deliver-government-pact-to-zeman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/babis-to-deliver-government-pact-to-zeman\/","title":{"rendered":"Babis To Deliver Government Pact To Zeman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Prague, May 8 (CTK) &#8211; Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) promised to President Milos Zeman that he would deliver the final text of the draft policy statement and the coalition pact to him, Babis told journalists after their meeting today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On Monday, Babis (ANO) and Social Democrat (CSSD) leader Jan Hamacek agreed on the text of an ANO-CSSD coalition pact.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Babis said he and Zeman had not discussed the persons to be appointed to the new government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The negotiating teams are to finish the debate on the policy statement on Wednesday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;We expect the text of the policy statement and coalition pact to be ready by Friday. We do not know yet whether there will be two documents or one,&#8221; Babis said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He said he only wanted to give the final version of the document to Zeman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;He has taken an interest in it,&#8221; Babis said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Social Democrats are to have five ministers in the government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Babis said the specific names had not yet been discussed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;There will be enough time for this as the referendum will take almost one month,&#8221; he added, referring to the intra-party referendum among the Social Democrats that is to decide whether the party would enter the government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The result is to be known on June 8.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Babis said the Social Democrats had not sent any names to ANO.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Social Democrats are supposed to declare their referendum on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Communists are likely to tolerate the government on the basis on a written agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prague, May 8 (CTK) &#8211; Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) promised to President Milos Zeman that he would deliver the final text of the draft policy statement and the coalition pact to him, Babis told journalists after their meeting today. &nbsp; On Monday, Babis (ANO) and Social Democrat (CSSD) leader Jan Hamacek agreed on the &#8230; <a title=\"Babis To Deliver Government Pact To Zeman\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/babis-to-deliver-government-pact-to-zeman\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Babis To Deliver Government Pact To Zeman\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[15,17,96,6],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Babis To Deliver Government Pact To Zeman - Prague Business Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/babis-to-deliver-government-pact-to-zeman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Babis To Deliver Government Pact To Zeman - Prague Business Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prague, May 8 (CTK) &#8211; Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) promised to President Milos Zeman that he would deliver the final text of the draft policy statement and the coalition pact to him, Babis told journalists after their meeting today. &nbsp; On Monday, Babis (ANO) and Social Democrat (CSSD) leader Jan Hamacek agreed on the ... 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