(Bloomberg) -- Members of the smallest party in the Czech Republic’s ruling coalition in voting that ended Monday took the decision to leave the bloc, a move that won’t affect the parliamentary majority controlled by Prime Minister Petr Fiala.
Their decision comes days after Fiala fired Regional Development Minister Ivan Bartos, the head of the Pirate Party, over alleged incompetence in overhauling the nation’s building permits system.
The smallest of five-party ruling coalition called the decision a stab in the back. Fiala’s government will still have the comfortable parliamentary majority it needs to meet increased targets for defense spending and to fund a recovery after recent devastating floods.
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