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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Czech MPs rejected the opposition's initiative to topple the government of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, thus keeping his coalition government in power, less than two weeks before local and Senate elections, Politiko reports today.
In the Czech Republic, an attempt to cast no confidence in the government of right-wing populist Andrej Babiš has failed, with 83 MPs voting in favour of the proposal, which means a majority of 101 votes is needed in the 200-seat parliament.
The government of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has survived a vote of no confidence in the lower house of parliament. 83 MPs voted to dismiss the cabinet, but the motion needed at least 101 votes in the 200-seat chamber to pass. 94 MPs from the ruling coalition voted against the vote. This is the second vote of no confidence against the cabinet since Babis returned to the prime minister's post at the end of 2025. The debates lasted about 27…
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 …
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