布拉格——周四，捷克政府在议会的不信任投票中幸免于难。反对派指责政府预算赤字不断扩大，并对民粹主义亿万富翁总理安德烈·巴比什存在潜在的利益冲突问题提出了质疑。
PRAGUE — The Czech government survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote on Thursday after the opposition challeneged its widening budget deficit and raised conflict of interest concerns over populist billionaire Prime Minister Andrej Babiš .
在议会200个席位的下议院中，仅有83名反对派议员投票支持罢免这个由三个政党组成的联合政府。经过三天的辩论后，罢免政府至少需要101票的支持。
Only 83 opposition lawmakers in Parliament’s 200-seat lower house voted to dismiss the three-party coalition government. At least 101 votes were needed to bring it down following a three-day debate.
发起此次投票的反对党们严厉批评了政府的2027年预算草案——该草案预计预算赤字将达到3860亿克朗（约合180亿美元），这是捷克历史上第二高的赤字水平。预计今年的预算赤字将达到3100亿克朗。
The opposition parties that called the vote condemned the government’s draft 2027 budget, which projects a deficit of 386 billion koruna ($18 billion), the second-largest in Czech history. This year’s deficit is expected to reach 310 billion koruna.
许多经济学家和反对派议员都对这一预算计划表示反对，因为捷克中央银行预计明年该国经济将增长2.7%。
Many economists and opposition lawmakers have criticized the proposed deficit at a time when the Czech central bank expects the economy to grow by 2.7% next year.
政府则认为这些支出是必要的，旨在促进投资并资助医疗保健、养老金以及公共部门员工的薪资等关键领域。
The government says the spending is necessary to boost investment and fund priorities, such as health care, pensions and public-sector salaries.
作为该国最富有的富豪之一，巴比什一直受到批评，因为他未能充分解决自己的私人事务与其政治职位之间的潜在利益冲突。
Babiš, one of the country’s richest people, has faced criticism that he has not done enough to resolve potential conflicts of interest between his private dealings and his political status.
在他的“ANO”（“是”）政党去年10月赢得大选后，巴比什将其旗下的约200家公司转移到了一个独立的信托基金中，以遵守相关利益冲突法规；否则这些企业将无法获得捷克政府或欧盟的补贴。不过，他对医疗保健领域的投资并未因此受到任何影响。
After his ANO (YES) movement won last October’s election , Babiš has moved about 200 of companies under his Agrofert conglomerate to an independent trust fund to comply with conflict-of-interest legislation, without which his businesses would be ineligible for Czech and European Union subsidies. His investment in the health care sector has not been affected by the move.
欧盟委员会上个月表示，这种信托安排并未有效解决利益冲突问题，认为巴比什仍存在潜在的利益冲突，并暂停了对Agrofert集团的部分补贴。反对派还批评巴比什对独立法院、法官和媒体的言语攻击行为。
The European Commission said last month that the trust arrangement did not sufficiently resolve the problem, saying Babiš remains in a potential conflict of interest and suspended some payments to Agrofert. The opposition has also criticized Babiš for his verbal attacks on independent courts, judges and media.
巴比什与两个小型政治团体组成了执政联盟，这些团体的议程包括减少对乌克兰的支持，并拒绝接受欧盟的一些关键政策。
Babiš has formed a governing coalition with two small political groups whose agenda includes reducing support for Ukraine and rejecting some key EU policies.