PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government on Friday survived a parliamentary vote of no-confidence called by the opposition to dismiss centre-left Prime Minister Andrej Babis over a fraud investigation.

The motion fell short of the 101 needed in the 200-seat lower house, according to Reuters vote count. The result was expected after the centre-left Social Democrats, partner of Babis’s ANO in the minority administration, and the far-left Communists both refused earlier this week to vote with the opposition.