Lower house speaker: New government could seek confidence vote on January 13

The parties of the emerging coalition government of ANO, SPD and the Motorists’ party say they expect the appointment of the new cabinet to take place within days of Andrej Babiš being appointed prime minister.

SPD chairman and newly-elected speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Tomio Okamura, said following three-party-consultations on Friday that the new government could seek a confidence vote in the lower house on January 13.

According to Okamura, the government’s first session will include rejecting the EU Migration Pact and the ETS2 emissions trading scheme.