US EditionCzech PM Babis' government wins confidence vote as policies on budget, Ukraine shift
Babiš's coalition won 108-91 confidence vote to shift Czech policy away from Ukraine support and reject some EU policies, aligning with Hungary and Slovakia's stance.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's new government won a mandatory confidence vote in the Czech lower house of Parliament, endorsing a program steering the country away from supporting Ukraine and some European Union policies.
- After the October election, Babiš and ANO formed a coalition with Freedom, Direct Democracy, and Motorists for Themselves, creating a 16-member cabinet, according to Statement 1, 7.
- Among policy specifics, the new cabinet declared Babiš rejected financial aid and EU loan guarantees for Ukraine but would only administer a Czech initiative acquiring 1.8 million artillery shells last year.
- The comeback is expected to significantly redefine Czech foreign and domestic policy as coalition partners share admiration for U.S. President Donald Trump.
- With these policies, Prague may strain ties with NATO and the European Union while the Freedom party wants to expel most of 380,000 Ukrainian refugees, raising humanitarian concerns.
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n1info.rsAfter a record-long and heated debate that began on January 13, the new coalition government of populists led by billionaire Andrej Babiš and radical nationalists and Eurosceptic conservatives received the confidence of the parliament, as expected.
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Czech Republic's new head of government Andrej Babis sees Ukraine's support and EU climate policy as critical. After a heated debate, his cabinet gets the confidence in Parliament.
Czech PM Babis' government wins confidence vote as policies on budget, Ukraine shift
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis' populist right-wing government won a parliamentary confidence vote on Thursday, taking power with an agenda of scaling back support for Ukraine, opposing EU environment policies and pausing the previous administration's austerity drive.
In the 200-member Prague House of Representatives, 108 of the 199 deputies present in the chamber at the time of the vote supported the government program, while 91 voted against it.
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