Babiš refuses state support for completion of Prague bypass and metro

After months of talks between the City of Prague and Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, it appears that the idea of building a government quarter on the edge of Prague will come to nothing. The prime minister had hoped to move as many government workers out of the old ministry buildings they currently occupy all around Prague into a concentrated zone on land that's sitting empty at the end of the C-line metro in Letňany. The City of Prague, which owns the land, was demanding state support for the completion of the Prague bypass as well as funds for the construction of the D-line metro and a new hospital. Babiš claims Prague's mayor Zdeněk Hřib's style of negotiating forced him to shut the talks down. The mayor says that with talks now at an end, the city should use the land in Letňany for the construction of affordable housing.