Opposition seeks confidence vote against Babiš government weeks before elections

Opposition parties intend to file a proposal with lower-house speaker Tomio Okamura for an extraordinary session of the Chamber of Deputies, targeting a vote on a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's government. The request could be submitted on Friday, with a vote possibly scheduled for the following week, immediately after the Czech Statehood Day holiday. The government’s budget for the next year projects a deficit that would rank as the second-largest in the nation’s history. To succeed, the opposition, which controls 92 of the 200 seats, must secure at least nine members from the governing coalition to reach the 101-vote threshold required for the motion.