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Current AffairsGovernment may fall next weekend as Prime Minister Spidla goes for broke
It looks like the end game is in sight. The embattled Prime Minister
Vladimir Spidla has decided to go for broke, and has delivered an
ultimatum to his Social Democratic Party: keep me on as party leader or I
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Current AffairsCzech government to seek confidence vote in Parliament
The Czech government delegation to the EU summit in Brussels returned home
to an ongoing domestic crisis. While other EU heads of government faced
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Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla is literally fighting a battle for
survival. Following a stormy debate over the weekend, he has decided to
put not only his own future but that of the entire Cabinet on the line -
by calling a vote of confidence in the three party governing coalition.
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