divided lower house of parliament, he said. The cabinet, which can at most count on a tight majority in parliament's lower house thanks to two renegade opposition deputies, has yet to find support for its package in parliament. International institutions such as the World Bank have urged the former communist Central European countries to continue economic reforms to keep their booming economies on the growth track. However, the new EU members, often described as undergoing accession blues, have responded slowly to further belt-tightening reforms to curb spiralling public spending.
