The Czech government has survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote requested by the opposition over the government's extension of a tax break on bio fuel.
Only 47 lawmakers voted to dismiss the centre-left coalition government Tuesday, far less than the 101 needed in the 200-seat lower house. The result was expected because the coalition of Social Democrats, Christian Democrats and the centrist ANO movement, led by Finance Minister Andrej Babis, has a comfortable majority in Parliament's lower house.
The vote took place a week after Parliament refused to abolish tax breaks on bio fuel.
Babis, one of the richest Czechs, has been accused by the opposition of being biased because one of the companies he owns is a major bio fuel producer.
Babis, who abstained from last week's vote, denies wrongdoing.
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