PRAGUE (Reuters) -Populist Czech billionaire Andrej Babis’s ANO party signed a coalition deal with fringe right-wing allies on Monday, moving closer to regaining power after winning a vote on promises of hiking spending and opposing EU climate and migration policies.

Babis, a 71-year-old former prime minister, is joining forces with the Motorists party, which is sceptical about climate change, and the SPD party, which is against the European Union and NATO.

Together, the three parties hold 108 seats in the 200-member lower house of parliament. Babis has said he wants to form a government by mid-December, in time to pass a 2026 budget and attend the final EU leaders’ summit of the year.

A TURN AWAY FROM AIDING UKRAINE

An ANO-led cabinet, if appointed, will replace a centre-right governm

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