Overview

• After ANO’s win with about 34.5% of the vote, Andrej Babiš is moving to form a minority government with support from SPD and the Motorists alliance.
• Babiš said the state will not spend “one crown” on weapons for Ukraine while allowing Czech defense firms to continue exports.
• He called for NATO oversight of the Czech-led munitions initiative, which Prague’s Defence Ministry countered by saying weapons deliveries are the responsibility of individual states.
• His stance marks a shift from a July pledge to scrap the initiative to a promise to review it and increase transparency.
• President Petr Pavel scheduled the new parliament’s first session for November 3, and ANO’s 80 seats could reach a working majority of 108 with SPD and Motorists, as SPD leader Tomio Okamura faces a move to lift his immunity over an alleged hate-speech case.