Czech PM Seeks Confidence Vote to Show Budget-Cut Force
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Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas will ask lawmakers to prove that his Cabinet still has enough backing to push through budget-deficit cuts after the breakup of the ruling coalition.
Necas will initiate an April 27 confidence vote to see whether a group that split off from a former coalition party attracted enough defectors to guarantee a majority. Deputy Premier Karolina Peake, who left the Public Affairs party last week, said yesterday she had enough votes to keep the Cabinet in power, helping Necas adjourn a parliamentary session today.