Coalition government to seek confidence in vote on February 18

The recently appointed three-party coalition government of Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka will seek a confidence vote on February 18, deputies decided on Tuesday. Under Czech law, a new government has 30 days to win approval in the lower house. The government of the Social Democrats, ANO and the Christian Democrats has 111 seats in the 200-seat Chamber of Deputies.

Author: Ian Willoughby