Candidates for ministerial posts meet with president

Members of the proposed minority government led by Andrej Babiš have continued to meet individually with the head of state, Miloš Zeman, ahead of the government’s official naming next week.

Alena Schillerová, set to helm the Finance Ministry, told journalists priorities for her were to simplify the tax code and to balance the state budget.

Lubomír Metnar, a fellow member of ANO who is set to be the next Interior Minister, who also met with the president at Lány Chateau on Friday, stressed the aim of keeping the Czech Republic one of the safest countries.

The new government is to be named on December 13.

Author: Jan Velinger