Is Czechia Heading Towards Constitutional Crisis? Pavel-Macinka Conflict and Its Impact

President Petr Pavel accuses Foreign Minister Petr Macinka of blackmail, triggering what may become an emerging constitutional crisis. In this videocast, Wojciech Przybylski and Pavel Havlíček discuss what the scandal means for Czech foreign policy, defence spending and the stability of Andrej Babiš’s coalition, including the influence of the ‘motorists’ movement and Filip Turek.Read the text version of the interview: https://visegradinsight.eu/macinka-pavel-scandal-cohabitation-czechia/Our analysis on the topic: https://visegradinsight.eu/political-cohabitation-in-czechia-turns-into-a-house-of-cards-play/Pavel Havlíček is a 2021/2022 Marcin Król Fellow at Visegrad Insight. He is also a Research Fellow at the Association for International Affairs (AMO) Research Centre. His research focus is on Eastern Europe, especially Ukraine and Russia, and the Eastern Partnership.Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-f1dKl4GlXIListen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5trSyFe9Mh4XAZSqAgwr5t?si=-G60rjCtSjyKa-DRLu12VgListen on Apple Podcasts: https://shorturl.at/AqXhN