The second coalition party, the Christian Democrats (KDU), has decided to leave the Cabinet while the third coalition party (US) has decided to remain, which would result in a minority Cabinet. Nevertheless, the opposition party (ODS) called a vote of non-confidence for Friday at 9:00am CET. 101 votes are needed for success while ODS has 57 plus potentially 21 from KDU (a total of 78 votes). As US (with 10 votes) is backing the Cabinet, the Communist Party has the steering votes (41). The Communist party will decide today whether to back the Cabinet, however, the Communist’s leader seems to have changed his position on Wednesday, saying that the party may back the Cabinet. Therefore, we believe the Cabinet may survive.