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Czech pro-EU, centre-left government wins confidence vote


    PRAGUE (Reuters) - The new Czech centre-left cabinet won a vote of confidence on Tuesday, receiving a mandate to ease restrictive budget policies in order to boost growth and to bring the country back into the European mainstream after years of Eurosceptic governments.

    Social Democrat Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka's three-party coalition won the support of a majority of the lawmakers in attendance in the 200-seat lower house of parliament.

    (Reporting by Robert Muller; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)