The frontrunner in the Czech election intends to break Prague’s pledge to raise defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP if he wins office, joining Spain in rejecting the target demanded by US President Donald Trump.
Billionaire former premier Andrej Babiš, whose Eurosceptic ANO opposition party is leading polls ahead of October’s parliamentary elections, told the Financial Times that he remained an admirer of Trump but he wanted to prioritise domestic social spending.
“I’m a politician working for the Czech people and we are not subordinates, and maybe somebody has to explain to Mr Trump that 5 per cent is not realistic,” he said in an interview. “If Trump says that I have to jump from the window, I will not jump.’’
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