Czech Government Overcomes Vote of Confidence

Business › Economy ♦ Published: November 7, 2012; 23:31 ♦ (Vindobona)

The majority of the members of the Czech Parliament approved the amended austerity program.

Czech Government Overcomes Vote of Confidence / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Today, the Czech government asked the Parliament for a vote of confidence, which was linked with the approval of the new budget draft. Finally, the rebel group consisting of five members of the Czech Parliament approved the budget plans of the government.

Thus, the future of Prime Minister Necas and the rest of the government were highly uncertain for weeks. The first voting on…

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