Interim government will not face confidence vote

The two main Czech political parties, the Social Democratic Party and the Civic Democratic Party, have announced that the country’s ruling interim government will not have to ask for a confidence vote in Parliament, effectively prolonging the technocratic caretaker administration until elections. Speaking after a meeting on his mandate with the main party leaders on Friday, Prime Minister Jan Fischer said he would be submitting his policy programme to the next session of Parliament, including his cabinet’s priorities and plans for the remainder of its term.