Czech government majority set to shrink after minister dismissed


FILE PHOTO: Leader of Czech Pirate Party Ivan Bartos arrives at a televised debate, ahead of the country's parliamentary election in Prague, Czech Republic October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech centre-right government's parliamentary majority was set to shrink after a junior party voted late on Monday to leave the ruling coalition following the dismissal of its leader as development minister.

The liberal Pirate party said nearly four fifths of its members who voted in an internal poll supported leaving Prime Minister Petr Fiala's government. Two ministers, including Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky, will submit their resignations on Tuesday, the party said.

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