The outgoing government, in which Babis was finance minister until May, proposed a 50 billion crown ($2.31 billion) deficit for next year, after a 60 billion gap planned for this year.

Babis's cabinet is due to be appointed on Dec. 13, raising the risk that the country will run on a provisional budget temporarily early in January.

Parties in the outgoing government, which together have majority in parliament, have all supported the budget draft.

Copyright Reuters, 2017