The Czech Republic's President Petr Pavel arrives to attend the plenary session of the summit of the Bucharest Nine and the Nordic countries in Bucharest on May 13, 2026.Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images

Czech president sues prime minister over NATO attendance – POLITICO

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Czech President Petr Pavel on Tuesday said that he had filed a lawsuit against the government, challenging Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's decision to not include him in the government delegation attending the NATO summit in Ankara in July.

The competency suit, which was lodged with Czechia's Constitutional Court, asks for clarity on who has the authority to decide whether the head of state may attend the NATO summit. The court is due to take up the matter during its plenary session on Wednesday.

In a statement, Pavel argued Babiš was trying to "exclude" him from the summit, and thus "limiting the role granted to him by the Constitution."