Prime Minister Andrej Babiš met on Tuesday at Prague Castle with President Petr Pavel to discuss the state budget bill and a number of other pressing topics. The main priority was the state budget for this year, which should put an end to budgetary provisionality. Pavel subsequently signed the budget on Friday. However, the meeting was not without clashes. It had originally been believed that the negotiations would lead to a resolution of the long-blocked exchange of roughly three dozen ambassadors, yet no agreement was reached. Babiš reportedly surprised the president by handing the issue over to Foreign Minister Macinka to resolve. irozhlas.cz ↗ denikn.cz ↗
The second critical topic was defense. Babiš made the increase in defense spending conditional on first carrying out a so-called "clean-up" at the defense ministry, where, according to the prime minister, some military contracts were not sufficiently transparent. Criticism was also sparked by a proposal from government MPs who want to strip the president of part of his powers in a non-standard way — by attaching a rider to the law on state employees. pravda.sk ↗ hnonline.sk ↗
Meanwhile, Babiš continues his foreign negotiations. He is heading to Brussels to address energy prices and emission allowances, which he calls a catastrophe. He is also billed as a speaker in the morning at a meeting of the Patriots for Europe faction in Budapest, hosted by Viktor Orbán. At the same time, President Pavel is undertaking a two-day visit to the Central Bohemian Region, where he is meeting with mayors and visiting industrial companies, including Škoda Auto. ihned.cz ↗ denik.cz ↗
Babiš and Pavel discussed the budget and ambassadors, no agreement was reached
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Prezident Pavel se setká s Babišem, projednají rozpočet i bezpečnostní situaci
lidovky.cz
| 12:32 17.03.
Babiš jednal s prezidentem Pavlem o rozpočtu, obraně a velvyslancích
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| 18:01 17.03.
Pavel kontra rozpočet aneb K čemu je nám vlastně prezident?
lidovky.cz
| 18:00 17.03.
Prezident Pavel přijal premiéra Babiše, rozpočet podepíše v pátek
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| 17:01 17.03.
Brífink premiéra Babiše po jednání s prezidentem
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| 15:31 17.03.
Prezident ocenil snahu, výdaje ale důrazně zkritizoval. Po Schillerové čeká Babiše
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| 10:12 17.03.
„Chtěl, aby to řešil s Macinkou.“ Čím Babiš překvapil prezidenta a proč zkrachovala plánovaná dohoda
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| 17:46 18.03.
Babiš v Blesku: O vztazích ve vládě i Pavlovi. Ptejte se, co vás zajímá!
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| 14:30 18.03.
„Výsledek není žádný.“ Babiš s Pavlem řešili velvyslance a výdaje na obranu
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| 17:06 17.03.
Prezident podepíše zákon o státním rozpočtu v pátek, řekl Babiš. Skončí tím rozpočtové provizorium
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| 16:27 17.03.
Prezident podepíše zákon o státním rozpočtu v pátek, řekl Babiš po schůzce
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| 15:47 17.03.
Spor o velvyslance míří na Hrad. „Bitva“ se povede o muže blízkého Pavlovi
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