Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy
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ČSSD – Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy ČSSD – Česká suverenita sociální demokracie | |
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Abbreviation | ČSSD |
Chairman | Jiří Paroubek |
Deputy Leaders | Jana Volfová Petr Benda Petr Gawlas Pavel Havránek |
Founder | Jana Bobošíková Jana Volfová |
Founded | 21 January 2011 |
Split from | Politika 21 |
Headquarters | U Průhonu 1201/23, Prague |
Ideology | |
Political position | Left-wing[5] |
Colours | Orange |
Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 200 |
Senate | 0 / 81 |
European Parliament | 0 / 22 |
Party flag | |
Website | |
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ČSSD – Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy (Czech: ČSSD – Česká suverenita sociální demokracie), until 29 June 2023 known as Czech Sovereignty (Czech: Česká Suverenita),[6] formerly also known Free Bloc (Czech: VOLNÝ blok) and Sovereignty – Jana Bobošíková Bloc (Czech: SUVERENITA – Blok Jany Bobošíkové), is a small nationalist Czech political party.
History
[edit]Origins
[edit]The Party of Common Sense (Strana zdravého rozumu), led by Petr Hannig, took part in the 2002 election to the Chamber of Deputies three months after its foundation, winning 0.2% of the vote. This increased to 0.5% of the vote in the 2006 election.
In 2009, the Party of Common Sense began cooperating with former Eurosceptic MEP Jana Bobošíková (elected in 2004 for the Independents), her party Politika 21, and other independent candidates. This electoral alliance ran in the 2009 European election under the name 'Sovereignty', led by Bobošíková. The list came fifth, winning 4.3% of the vote, just short of the 5% threshold for representation. The Party of Common Sense changed its name to 'Sovereignty – Party of Common Sense' (Suverenita – Strana zdravého rozumu), and won 3.7% in the 2010 election, again falling short of parliamentary representation. The cooperation between the two parties subsequently ended.[7]
Founding and Free Bloc
[edit]Sovereignty – Jana Bobošiková Bloc was established in 2011 in Prague, after the break-up of the Sovereignty – Party of Common Sense electoral alliance.[8] It was described as right-wing.[9] In January 2014, the party changed its name to Czech Sovereignty, and former Czech Social Democratic Party MP Jana Volfová became party chair. She led the party until February 2024.
The party changed its name to Free Bloc (Volný blok) when Lubomír Volný, an MP for the Freedom and Direct Democracy party, joined Czech Sovereignty and became its parliamentary leader. Free Bloc won 1.33% of the vote in the 2021 election, falling short of parliamentary representation.[10] In January 2022 the party changed its name back to Czech Sovereignty.[11][12] During this time it was described as far-right.[13][14]
ČSSD – Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy
[edit]Former Czech Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek joined the party in February 2024,[15] and became party chair in the same month.[16] The party is described as left-wing during this period.[5]
Election results
[edit]Chamber of Deputies
[edit]Year | Leader | Votes | Seats | Position | |||
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No. | % | No. | ± | Size | |||
2013 | Jana Bobošíková | 21,241 | 0.43 | 0 / 200 | 0 | 14th | No seats |
Ran on Head Up – Electoral Bloc list, which won 0 seats in total | |||||||
2017 | Jana Borkovcová | 5,077 | 0.10 | 0 / 200 | 0 | 20th | No seats |
Ran on Bloc Against Islamization – Defence of the Homeland list, which won 0 seats in total | |||||||
2021 | Lubomír Volný | 71,581 | 1.33 | 0 / 200 | 0 | 9th | No seats |
European Parliament
[edit]Election | List leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | EP Group |
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2024 | Jiří Paroubek | 7,579 | 0.26 (#16) | 0 / 21 | New | − |
References
[edit]- ^ "Značka ČSSD znovu na scéně a zřejmě i s Paroubkem. Podle Šmardy to není moc vtipné". Novinky.cz (in Czech). 7 December 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ Dvořáková, Petra (2019-04-24). "Řady národoveckých stran se rozrůstají o bývalé sociální demokraty". Deník Referendum (in Czech).
- ^ "Malé strany a evropské volby". Euractiv. 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ^ "Program – ČSSD" (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ a b "Vlevo dole: I levice chce mít své Spolu. Ale nemá Fialu". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Česká suverenita Jany Volfové se přejmenovala. Nyní používá zkratku ČSSD". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 2023-06-29. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
- ^ Hannig, Petr. "Musíme si pomoci sami". hannig.blog.idnes.cz. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ "Usnesení sjezdu". Archived from the original on 2011-08-21. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
- ^ Enter, Tomáš (2012). "Nacionálně – populistické politické strany v České republice: příčiny neúspěchu, podmínky etablování" (PDF). Brno: Masaryk University.
- ^ "Volný blok už už sahal na státní příspěvek, peníze však nedostane". PRÁVO. 2021-09-10.
- ^ "Rejstřík politických stran a hnutí". Czech Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ Janáková, Barbora Mašát (2022-01-17). "Zmatky ve Volném bloku: Hnutí mění název, Volný zpochybňuje své členství a chce novou stranu". Deník N (in Czech).
- ^ Kubita, Jan (2021-07-28). "Shluk Volných radikálů není nebezpečný. Naopak, demokratům spíš pomůže". iHNed.cz.
- ^ "Církev se distancovala od politiky Lipovské, jež kandiduje za extremisty". Seznam Zprávy. 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Paroubek získal nominaci do čela ČSSD. Vrací se i Petr Benda". PrahaIN (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-02-04.
- ^ "Paroubek byl zvolen předsedou ČSSD, nahradil Janu Volfovou". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 2024-02-17. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
External links
[edit]- (in Czech) Official website