Social Democrats issue government support warning over health charges

Top Social Democrats warned on Tuesday that they might not back the current caretaker government in a vote of confidence if it did not support the abolition of health charges. The warning was made by Social Democrats David Rath and Zdeňek Škromach as the lower house of parliament prepared to debate health charges. The main left-wing party has been angered by the stand of new health minister Dana Jurásková in favour of charges. The new caretaker government only took office last Friday with the Social Democrats and centre-right Civic Democrats having had the main say in its creation.