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Czech government faces parliamentary no-confidence vote over row with the president

The new Czech coalition government of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš faced a no-confidence vote on Tuesday over the handling of a dispute with President Petr Pavel.

The vote was requested by opposition parties backing Pavel, who accused Czech Deputy Prime Minister Petr Macinka of blackmailing him after he refused to appoint a minister from the right-wing and eurosceptic Motorists for Themselves party. Macinka is the leader of that party.

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