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The caller Czech authorities of populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) survived a parliamentary no-confidence ballot called by the absorption implicit the handling of a quality with the country's President.
Only 84 absorption lawmakers successful the 200-seat little location of Parliament voted successful favour of dismissing the three-party conjugation government. At slightest 101 votes were needed to oust the authorities astatine the extremity of a two-day debate.
The contention revolved astir President Petr Pavel's refusal to name a authorities Minister representing the right-wing Motorists for Themselves Euro-skeptic party.
Mr. Pavel said that Motorist Filip Turek was ineligible to go the situation curate aft a regular paper published posts from his Facebook leafage recovered to beryllium openly racist, homophobic and sexist.
Mr. Turek apologised for immoderate posts, but denied that helium posted immoderate others.
Foreign Minister Petr Macinka, caput of the Motorists party, past accused the President of violating the country's constitution and threatened him with consequences, including moving to forestall Mr. Pavel from representing the state astatine a NATO acme this twelvemonth if helium fails to name his associate. Mr. Pavel accused Mr. Macinka of blackmailing him.
Mr. Babiš has rejected absorption calls to disregard Mr. Macinka, whose enactment formed a conjugation with Mr. Babiš and his ANO, oregon YES, question that won large successful the country's October election. Mr. Macinka has refused to apologise.
The President's bureau is mostly ceremonial, but 1 of his cardinal roles is to curse successful ministers astatine the petition of the Prime Minister.
Tens of thousands of Czechs rallied connected Sunday (February 1, 2026) successful the capital, Prague, and elsewhere successful enactment of the President.
The President and the Prime Minister met connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) implicit the issue. Mr. Pavel said his determination not to name Mr. Turek was final. Mr. Babiš said the contented was implicit for him.
On December 15, Mr. Pavel swore successful Mr. Babiš and his caller government, which allied itself with 2 tiny governmental groups, the Freedom and Direct Democracy anti-migrant enactment and the Motorists.
The coalition's docket includes steering the state distant from supporting Ukraine and rejecting immoderate cardinal European Union policies.
Unlike the caller government, Mr. Pavel, a retired service general, and the opposition, are staunch supporters of Ukraine successful its combat against Russia's invasion.
