His critics have already given Daniel Křetínskýs (49) many labels: The „Czech Sphinx,“ he was called by the Financial Times. The French journalist Jérôme Lefilliâtre called him the „garbage collector of Europe“ in a biography. This is because Křetínský acquired Mitteldeutsche Braunkohlengesellschaft (Mibrag) in 2009 and Leag in Lusatia in 2016. By purchasing the coal companies, the billionaire became one of the biggest air polluters in Europe.