Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s government survives no-confidence vote
Only 83 opposition lawmakers backed the motion, falling short of the 101 votes needed to topple the coalition government.
- On Thursday, the Czech government survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote after opposition lawmakers challenged its widening budget deficit and raised conflict of interest concerns over Prime Minister Andrej Babia.
- Opposition parties condemned the government's draft 2027 budget, which projects a deficit of 386 billion koruna , the second-largest in Czech history despite central bank expectations for 2.7% economic growth next year.
- Prime Minister Andrej Babia has faced criticism for not resolving potential conflicts of interest, even after moving about 200 companies under the Agrofert conglomerate to an independent trust fund.
- Earlier this month, the European Commission stated the trust fund does not sufficiently solve the problem, noting Babia remains in potential conflict of interest and suspended some payments to Agrofert.
- Babia formed a governing coalition with two small political groups whose agenda includes reducing support for Ukraine and rejecting key European Union policies alongside criticism of independent courts and media.
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The opposition ' s attempt to pass a vote of no confidence in the Czech Government failed, and opposition deputies did not obtain the necessary votes to dismiss Prime Minister Andrei Babish ' s Government, CTK reports. The debate continued for three days and took a total of 27.5 hours, transferring TASS with reference to CTK. The opposition members criticized the authorities ' policies, in particular the Government ' s draft …
Czech government faces no-confidence vote over budget ...
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Czech government faces no-confidence vote over budget deficit and PM's conflict of interest
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech government led by populist billionaire Andrej Babiš faced a parliamentary no-confidence vote Tuesday over a ballooning budget deficit and questions about the prime minister’s conflict of interest.
The opposition wants to discuss the huge state budget deficit, the conflict of interest of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO), and attacks on the media and independent courts during Tuesday's extraordinary meeting of the Chamber of Deputies, at which it wants to begin negotiations on a motion of no confidence in the government. The motion to convene the meeting was signed by all 92 MPs from ODS, STAN, Piráty, Lidovce and TOP 09. It is not expecte…
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