The Czech centre-right government agreed to resign, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Thursday, a formal step to handing over power to a new cabinet being formed by populist billionaire Andrej Babis after his October election victory, APA reports, citing Reuters.
The outgoing cabinet remains in office until Babis' team are appointed, which is not expected for several more weeks. President Petr Pavel was scheduled to accept the government's resignation later on Thursday.
Babis' eurosceptic ANO party aims to form a government by mid-December with the far-right SPD party and the Motorists party campaigning against carbon reduction policies.
The government's resignation was required by the constitution after the election of a new house speaker on Wednesday.
