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Spolu
Spolu (, stylized as SPOLU) is a Czech centre-right political alliance composed of the Civic Democratic Party, KDU-ČSL, and TOP 09. It forms the current Czech government, in coalition with the Mayors and Independents. Initially formed for the 2021 legislative election, it will compete in the upcoming 2025 election with Petr Fiala as its leader and nominee for prime minister. History Following the 2020 regional elections, the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 began negotiations about a potential centre-right electoral alliance for the 2021 legislative election. The ODS leadership agreed to form an alliance with the other parties on 25 October 2020. Two days later party leaders Petr Fiala, Marian Jurečka and Markéta Pekarová Adamová signed a memorandum and announced that ODS, KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 would form an electoral alliance for the next legislative election, with ODS leader Fiala as the alliance's candidate for prime minister. On 11 November 2020, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Czech Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 8 and 9 October 2021. All 200 members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies were elected, with the leader of the resulting government to become the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. Following the 2017 Czech parliamentary election, 2017 parliamentary elections, the country had been ruled by a minority government consisting of ANO (political party), ANO, led by prime minister Andrej Babiš, and the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), led by interior minister Jan Hamáček, with confidence and supply support from the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) until April 2021. The largest opposition party was the Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic), Civic Democratic Party (ODS), followed by the Czech Pirate Party. Other parties in the Chamber of Deputies included Freedom and Direct Democracy, SPD, TOP 09, Mayors and Independents, STAN, and KDU-ČSL. Babiš ran again as leader o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Czech Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in the Czech Republic on 3 and 4 October 2025. All 200 members of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Parliament, will be elected and the leader of the resultant government will become the Prime Minister. Background The constitution of the Czech Republic stipulates that an election to the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Czech parliament, must be held every four years. The executive government is answerable to the Chamber of Deputies and remains in power only as long as it commands the confidence of the majority of its members. Article 19(1) of the constitution states that any citizen of the Czech Republic over the age of 21 years old is eligible to serve as a Member of Parliament. The 2021 parliamentary elections saw the conservative alliance Spolu (consisting of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), KDU-ČSL and TOP 09) finish first with 27.8% of the vote. ANO finished second and liberal alliance Pirates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)
The Civic Democratic Party (, ODS) is a Conservatism, conservative and Economic liberalism, economically liberal List of political parties in the Czech Republic, political party in the Czech Republic. The party sits between centre-right and right-wing on the political spectrum, and holds 34 seats in the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies, and is the second strongest party by number of seats following the 2021 Czech legislative election, 2021 election. It is the only political party in the Czech Republic that has maintained an uninterrupted representation in the Chamber of Deputies. Founded in 1991 as the pro–free market wing of the Civic Forum by Václav Klaus and modeled on the Conservative Party (UK), British Conservative Party, the ODS won the 1992 Czech legislative election, 1992 legislative election, and has remained in government for most of the Czech Republic's independence. In every legislative election (except for 2013 Czech legislative elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petr Fiala
Petr Fiala (; born 1 September 1964) is a Czech politician and political scientist who has been the prime minister of the Czech Republic since December 2021 and leader of the Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic), Civic Democratic Party (ODS) since 2014. He previously served as the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Czech Republic), Minister of Education, Youth and Sports from 2012 to 2013. Prior to entering politics, he was the Rector (academia), rector of Masaryk University. Fiala was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies as a non-partisan in the 2013 Czech legislative election, 2013 election. He won the 2014 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, promising to reform the party and regain public trust after a 2013 Czech political corruption scandal, corruption scandal involving Prime Minister Petr Nečas. Fiala's party finished a distant second place in the 2017 Czech legislative election, 2017 legislative election, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KDU-ČSL
KDU-ČSL (In Czech language, Czech, the initials of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party; ), often shortened to ("the populars"), is a Christian democracy, Christian democratic list of political parties in the Czech Republic, political party in the Czech Republic, led by Marek Výborný. The party has taken part in most of the Czech government coalitions since 1990, and has been represented in every parliament except for the 6th Czech parliament (2010-2013). It currently forms part of the Cabinet of Petr Fiala, as part of the Spolu electoral alliance. History After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, Šrámek served as head of Czechoslovak government in exile (in the United Kingdom). After 1945, ČSL was part of the national unity government, forming its most right-wing section. Since the Velvet Revolution in 1989, the party has participated in almost every Czech government. In the 2006 Czech legislative election, June 2006 legislative electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TOP 09
TOP 09 (, ) is a liberal-conservative list of political parties in the Czech Republic, political party in the Czech Republic, led by Markéta Adamová, Markéta Pekarová Adamová. 14 of its members sit in the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies, and two of them are Member of the European Parliament, MEPs. History Foundation and participation in government The party was founded on 11 June 2009 by Miroslav Kalousek who left the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party. Its first leader was Karel Schwarzenberg, who had previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Mirek Topolánek's Second Cabinet, second Topolánek cabinet from January 2007 to March 2009, having been nominated by the Green Party (Czech Republic), Green Party for the post, and who had been elected to the Senate in 2004 as nominee of the Freedom Union – Democratic Union (US-DEU) and Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA) parties. In the 2010 Czech legislativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Czech Regional Elections
Elections to regional councils in the Czech Republic in 13 regions (except Prague) were held on 2–3 October 2020. Background ANO 2011 won the previous election. Czech Social Democratic Party saw heavy losses and came second. 2017 Czech legislative election resulted in another victory of ANO 2011 while Social Democrats were reduced to 6th place. Traditional main right wing party Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic), Civic Democratic Party finished second followed by Czech Pirate Party and Freedom and Direct Democracy. Civic Democrats and Pirates has since then competed for the position of the main opposition party. TOP 09 and Mayors and Independents negotiated about possible electoral alliance, but in December 2019, negotiations failed and parties decided to cooperate only in some regions. In February 2020 the Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic), Civic Democratic Party and TOP 09 in Plzeň region agreed to cooperate in Plzeň region allowing TOP 09 candidates to run on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian Jurečka
Marian Jurečka (born 15 March 1981) is a Czech politician, who has served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour and Social Affairs since 17 December 2021 and Minister of the Environment from November 2022 to March 2023, both in Petr Fiala's Cabinet. He was previously the Minister of Agriculture in Bohuslav Sobotka's Cabinet from 2014 to 2017. Political career 2011-14: Vice-chair of KDU-ČSL In December 2011, Jurečka became first vice-chairman of the KDU-ČSL after the resignation of Petr Šilar. He was elected to the Olomouc Regional assembly for the party one year later. Running together with Mayors of the Olomouc Region, KDU-ČSL finished third with eight seats. Jurečka resigned his seat due to time constraints in March 2015. At the KDU-ČSL congress in Olomouc in June 2013, Jurečka was re-elected as first vice-chairman of the party, receiving 183 votes from delegates. In the 2013 parliamentary election, Jurečka was elected in the Olomouc region as the lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ČT24
ČT24 () is a 24-hour news channel in Czechia, owned and operated by Czech Television. The channel was launched on 2 May 2005. ČT24 broadcasts from Prague, but has branches and broadcasts in Brno and Ostrava. Broadcast ČT24 broadcasts live over the internet, as well as over the satellites Astra 3B and Intelsat Intelsat S.A. (formerly Intel-Sat, Intelsat) is a Luxembourgish-American multinational satellite services provider with corporate headquarters in Luxembourg and administrative headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, United States. Originally formed ... 10-02. It is carried on Czech cable-TV providers and digital terrestrial services. HD High-definition (HD) broadcasting via satellite started on 1 November 2016 using Astra 3B-capacities. Logos File:ČT24.png, ČT24 first logo from 2005 to 2007 File:ČT24 - logo.jpg, ČT24 second logo from 2007 to 2012 Format ČT24 airs a short news bulletin every hour on the hour. This channel airs other shows including ''90 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mafra (company)
Mafra is a Czech media group that publishes printed and internet media, headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. From 2013 to 2023, it was a subsidiary of Agrofert holding conglomerate owned by trust of Andrej Babiš, the former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. Mafra owns newspapers '' Mladá fronta Dnes'' and '' Lidové noviny''. In September 2023, Agrofert sold the group to the Czech billionaire investor Karel Pražák (Kaprain Group). History Founded in 1992 in Prague, Mafra was acquired in 1994 by the German group Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei- und Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH (RBDV) (the publisher of the '' Rheinische Post''), which bought Mafra from French press group Socpresse. In 2013, Mafra was acquired by Czech holding group Agrofert, which is owned by Andrej Babiš. Mafra publishes the daily newspaper '' Mladá fronta Dnes'', which – with 224,000 circulation as of March 2011 – is the second largest newspaper in the Czech Republic, after tabloid '' Blesk'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lidové Noviny
''Lidové noviny'' (''People's News'', or ''The People's Newspaper'', ) is a daily newspaper published in Prague, the Czech Republic. It is the oldest Czech daily still in print, and a newspaper of record. It is a national news daily covering political, economic, cultural and scientific affairs, mostly with a centre-right, conservative view. It often hosts commentaries and opinions of prominent personalities from the Czech Republic and from abroad. History and profile ''Lidové noviny'' was founded by Adolf Stránský in 1893 in Brno. Its high prestige was due to the number of famous Czech personalities that were contributing—writers, politicians and philosophers—and its attention toward foreign politics and culture. It was also the first Czech daily publishing political cartoons. Its publication was interrupted during World War II. The newspaper changed its name to ''Svobodné noviny'' after the liberation before returning to the original name from 9 May 1948. It was closed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
