PM Babiš to ask lower house for vote of confidence in new administration

The Chamber of Deputies will open debate on a vote of confidence in the three-party government of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš on Tuesday. The ruling coalition made up of the prime minister’s ANO party, SPD and the Motorists has a comfortable 108 seat majority in the lower chamber and is expected to win the confidence motion. The debate, which will be preceded by addresses from the prime minister and all cabinet members, should take up the better part of two days with the vote itself expected in the late afternoon on Wednesday.