PRAGUE, Oct 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Czech president on Monday tasked billionaire ex-premier Andrej Babis, whose party won a parliamentary election earlier this month, to lead talks to form the country's next government.

Czech President Petr Pavel confirmed the move in a statement, adding that he "expects Andrej Babis to present a government composition that in no way weakens the principles of our democratic state as embodied in the Constitution of the Czech Republic".