During communication with reporters, Babish recalled that he met with the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky three times. He stated that he supports him after the annexation of Crimea, and emphasized that the Czech Republic helps Ukraine through the European Union, and that this assistance is provided for in the European budget.
“We pay a lot of money to the European budget, and so we will continue to help,” Babish said.
He commented on the further fate of the initiative of the Czech Republic on the supply of ammunition to Ukraine.
“This should happen transparently, and if there is a war, no one should earn money in the war. This should organize NATO,” said ANO leader. Previously, he called the scheme of this Czech initiative “rotten” and criticized as a whole, promising to cancel it if he again became the prime minister.
Babish also answered the question of whether he supports Ukraine to enter the European Union.
“But you [украинцы] Not ready in the EU. At first we must end the war, and, of course, we can cooperate with Ukraine, but you are not ready in the EU, ”he said.
Parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic were held on October 3-4. The party of Babish Ano received the greatest support among the Czechs.
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Babish is one of the richest businessmen of the Czech Republic. In 2017–2021, he was already the Prime Minister and was trying to return to power.
In 2023, he ran for the presidency, but in the second round he lost to the current head of state Peter Pavel.
In October 2025, parliamentary elections will be held in the Czech Republic. As the latest surveys demonstrate, the Babish party has the highest chances to win, E15 said. Ano is now ready to support 30.9% of voters. In second place is the legal assistant alliance of Prime Minister Peter Fialu (19.9%), which supports Ukraine.
The local publication Publico wrote that recently Babish has tightened anti -Ukrainian rhetoric. In an effort to drag voters, he, in particular, “uses the thesis of social benefits supposedly provided to Ukrainians instead of the support of Czech mothers.”
Pavel warned: there are no guarantees that military assistance to Ukraine from the Czech Republic after the parliamentary elections will remain.
