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2012 Czech Senate Election
Senate elections for a third of the Senate were held in the Czech Republic on 12 and 13 October 2012, IPU with a second round of voting on 19 and 20 October. Results References 2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
Senate election
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Senate Of The Parliament Of The Czech Republic
The Senate () is the upper house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. The seat of the Senate is Wallenstein Palace in Prague. Structure The Senate has 81 members, chosen in single-seat constituencies through the two-round system. If no candidate receives a majority of votes in the first round, there is a second round between the two highest-placed candidates. The term of office for Senators is six years, and elections are Staggered elections, staggered so that a third of the seats are up for election every two years. A candidate for the Senate does not need to be on a political party's ticket (unlike in the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies). The Senate has one President and four Vice-presidents. Its members participate in specialised committees and commissions. The Senate Chancellery has been created to provide professional, organisational and technical services. The Senate occupies several historical palaces in centre of Prague, in Malá Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SNK European Democrats
The SNK European Democrats () is a political party in the Czech Republic, led by Zdeňka Marková. The first regular chairperson of this party was Jana Hybášková. The party was created in January 2006 by the merger of two Czech non-parliamentary political parties – SNK Union of Independents (), led by the former Foreign Minister Josef Zieleniec, and the European Democrats (), led by Jan Kasl, the former Mayor of Prague. European Democrats The European Democrats were founded by Kasl, who resigned from his post as Mayor of Prague in protest at the policies of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), Prague's municipal government. In the 2002 Prague municipal election, the ED won 15 seats, finishing in second place and becoming the main opposition party. In the 2004 Czech regional elections, the party won three seats running by itself in the Karlovy Vary Region, two in coalition with STAN in the Zlín Region, and one on a joint list with SNK in the Central Bohemian Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate Elections In The Czech Republic
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the elder" or "old man") and therefore considered wiser and more experienced members of the society or ruling class. However the Roman Senate was not the ancestor or predecessor of modern parliamentarism in any sense, because the Roman senate was not a de jure legislative body. Many countries have an assembly named a ''senate'', composed of ''senators'' who may be elected, appointed, have inherited the title, or gained membership by other methods, depending on the country. Modern senates typically serve to provide a chamber of "sober second thought" to consider legislation passed by a lower house, whose members are usually elected. Most senates have asymmetrical duties and powers compared with their respective lower house meaning they have spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech National Social Party
The Czech National Social Party (Czech language, Czech: ''Česká strana národně sociální'', ČSNS) is a political party in the Czech Republic, that played an important role in Czechoslovakia during the interwar period and then between 1945 and 1948. After 1989, its influence gradually became completely marginalized. Currently, the party is nationalist and cooperates with extremist parties. It was established in 1897 by break-away groups from both the national liberal Young Czech Party and the Czech Social Democratic Party, with a stress on achieving independence of the Czech lands from Austria-Hungary (as opposed to the Social Democrats' aim for an international workers' revolution). Its variant of socialism was moderate and Reformism, reformist rather than a Marxism, Marxist one. After the National Labour Party (1925), National Labour Party dissolved and merged with National Socialists in 1930, the party also became the refuge for Czech liberals. Its best-known member was Edva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koruna Česká (party)
Czech Crown (Monarchist Party of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia) (, Monarchiste.cz) is a Czech Monarchism, monarchist political party that strives for the restoration of List of Bohemian monarchs, Czech monarchy with the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. The party was founded in 1990 and its current leader is . In the 2017 Czech legislative election, Koruna Česká ran in a coalition with TOP 09 and received 5.35% of the vote. In the 2019 European Parliament election, it ran together with the KDU-ČSL and received 7.24% of the vote. History Political movement Koruna Česká is one of the oldest active political parties in the Czech Republic founded after the Velvet Revolution, end of the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Its precursor was a monarchist civic initiative, "", founded in 1988 by Petr Placák as a dissident group against the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, communist regime. They published a samizdat magazine called ''Koruna''. Koruna Česká as a political movement w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moravané
Moravané (, ''Moravians'') is a small non-parliamentary political party in Moravia in the Czech Republic. History It arose in 2005 through a merger of two older local parties: ''Hnutí samosprávné Moravy a Slezska – Moravské národní sjednocení'' ("The Movement of Autonomous Moravia and Silesia - Moravian National Union") and ''Moravská demokratická strana'' ("the Moravian Democratic Party"). Pavel Dohnal became the party chairman. The party first participated in the nationwide parliamentary election in June 2006 and won 0.23% of the national popular vote, falling below the minimum threshold to gain any seats. ''Moravané'' was a member party of the European Free Alliance until 2018. A youth wing of the party (''Mladí Moravané'' - Young Moravians) also operates. In March 2009, party leadership passed to Jiří Novotný. Ideology The main goal of the party is as follows: "''On the principle of the right of self-determination of the Moravian nation, ''Moravané'' adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party (Czech Republic)
The Conservative Party (), abbreviated to KONS, is a small centre-right political party in the Czech Republic. The party opposes socialism, and advocates economic liberalism and reduction of taxes and public spending. History Founded in 1990, the party merged with the Union Republicans in 1993, and the Party of Conservative Accord in 2001. Leadership * 1990-1993 - Dr. Ganzwohl * 1993-2008 - Dr. Fořt * 2008–present - Dr. Kubalčík References External linksOfficial website {{Authority control Conservative parties in the Czech Republic Eurosceptic parties in the Czech Republic Political parties established in 1990 1990 establishments in Czechoslovakia Anti-communist parties in the Czech Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Sovereignty Of Social Democracy
ČSSD – Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy (), until 29 June 2023 known as Czech Sovereignty (), formerly also known as Free Bloc () and Sovereignty – Jana Bobošíková Bloc (), is a small Left-wing nationalism, left-wing nationalist list of political parties in the Czech Republic, Czech political party. History Origins The Party of Common Sense (''Strana zdravého rozumu''), led by Petr Hannig, took part in the 2002 Czech legislative election, 2002 election to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, 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 Czech legislative election, 2006 election. In 2009, the Party of Common Sense began cooperating with former Euroscepticism, Eurosceptic Member of the European Parliament, MEP Jana Bobošíková (elected in 2004 for the Independents (political party), Independents), her party Head Up – Electoral Bloc, Politika 21, and other independent candi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Democrats – Association Of Independents
The United Democrats – Association of Independents (Czech: ''Spojení demokraté - Sdružení nezávislých,'' SD-SN) is a small Czech extra-parliamentary political party, formed from what remained of the European Democrats (Czech: ''Evropští demokraté'') after that party's merger in 2006 with SNK Union of Independents to form SNK European Democrats. SD-SN has in the past cooperated with the Mayors and Independents in the Czech Senate. For the 2024 European Parliament election, the party was a member of the Stačilo! alliance, together with the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) and the Czech National Social Party (ČSNS), and had one Member of the European Parliament (MEP) elected. History The European Democrats were founded in 2002 by Jan Kasl, a former Civic Democrat mayor of Prague. From 2004, this party began cooperating with the SNK Union of Independents, winning 11% of the vote in the 2004 European Parliament election. In January 2006, the European De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freeholder Party Of The Czech Republic
Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic (, Soukromníci) is a centre-right conservative political party in the Czech Republic. The party considers itself to be a successor to Czechoslovak Traders' Party. The party had one Senator. History SsČR was established in 2008. The party received 4 544 votes (0.19%) in 2009 European Parliament election and thus won no seat. The party didn't take part in 2010 election and supported Civic Democratic Party instead. SsČR took part in 2012 regional elections received 1 seat in Liberec Region. Another member was elected as candidate of Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party. SsČR received 13 041 votes (0.26%) and no seat in 2013 Czech legislative election. Billionaire Ivo Valenta was elected to Senate in 2014 as candidate of SsČR. Valenta became a sponsor of the party since then and negotiated an agreement between SsČR and Party of Free Citizens to participate in joint list for 2016 regional elections. The coalitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Affairs (political Party)
Public Affairs (, VV, nicknamed ''véčkaři'') was a political party in the Czech Republic. Its main platform was transparency and opposition to political corruption. It had 24 seats in the 2010–2013 Chamber of Deputies. The party was led by anti-establishment investigative journalist and writer Radek John, and later by Jiří Kohout. Besides opposing corruption, the party shares the fiscally conservative views of the other centre-right parties. It had a number of right-wing populist policies. The party lacked of a coherent ideology and gained voters across the political spectrum. The party was supportive of direct democracy – the members of the party could change the course of the party by Internet referendums – and was pro-European Union. Early years Founded in 2001, the party focused on local politics in Prague, particularly Prague 1, for most of its existence. In June 2009, Radek John was recruited as its chairman, and it emerged in late 2009 as a contender in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
