Politics

Czech mates? A chess game is being played in Prague over who really runs foreign policy

Stuart Dowell
 07.01.2026, 17:44
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and President Petr Pavel represent different ideas on the importance of Euro-Atlantic integration. Photo: PAP/EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and President Petr Pavel represent different ideas on the importance of Euro-Atlantic integration. Photo: PAP/EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK

For a country long shaped by occupation, incoherence abroad is a dangerous indulgence.