Prime Minister Says He Will Resign This Week
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From Times Wire Reports
Czech Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla said he would resign this week after barely surviving a no-confidence vote by his party, which fared poorly in recent elections for the European Parliament.
Spidla also stepped down as chief of the governing Social Democratic Party, which leads a three-party coalition that has a one-vote majority in the lower house of Parliament.
“If I don’t have the support of my own party, I can hardly be prime minister with a one-vote majority,” Spidla said.
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