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Andrej Babis (l) used anti-EU rhetoric reminiscent of Hungary and Poland (Photo: e.europa.eu)

Czech PM attacks EU after fraud report prompts outrage

The Czech Republic's billionaire prime minister, Andrej Babis, has accused the EU anti-fraud office, Olaf, of trying to "destabilise" his country.

"I consider the [Olaf] audit an attack on the Czech Republic, an attack on the interests of the Czech Republic ... It is a destabilisation of the Czech Republic," he told Czech MPs in parliament on Tuesday (4 June).

"The Czech Republic certainly won't have to return any [EU] subsidies. There's no reason for that, because I'm not violat...

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