PRAGUE — Andrej Babiš is what Donald Trump wants to be: The most powerful man in his country. He isn’t even the president or prime minister of the Czech Republic.
He’s a billionaire, media mogul, chairman of his own political party, deputy prime minister and finance minister. He’s also popular, trusted by 64 percent of people in a poll released earlier this month.
Like fellow billionaires Silvio Berlusconi and Trump, Babiš, 61, uses his money and connections to be the anti-political politician, a man whose wealth allows him to stand seemingly aloof from the petty bickering, deal making and often corruption that …read more
Source: European Voice
