BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The Slovak government won a parliamentary confidence vote Thursday that was triggered by the country's debt surpassing fiscal limits set by the Constitution.
All the 78 lawmakers loyal to the three-party coalition government led by Prime Minister Robert Fico voted in support of his Cabinet. Fifty-four in the 150-seat Parliament known as the National Council voted against.
The opposition filed a complaint with the court in November after the European Union statistics body, Eurostat, said Slovak debt reached 59.7% of gross domestic product the previous month. It has risen to 61.4% since, according to the Slovak Statistics Office, although it is still below the average among European Union countries.
