France, March 22 -- Tens of thousands of Czechs rallied on Saturday in the country's biggest anti-government demonstration since 2019, protesting against the policies and plans of the new Czech government led by populist Andrej Babis.

Babis, who returned to office last December, leads a three-party nationalist cabinet comprising his catch-all ANO party, the far-right SPD and the rightwing eurosceptic Motorists.

An estimated 200,000 turned out on Saturday in Letna park - the scene of huge gatherings in 1989 that greatly contributed to the fall of communism.

The Million Moments for Democracy movement, who organised Saturday's protest, has slammed the government for "playing down" threats from Russia invading Ukraine since 2022 and s...