Civic Conservative Party (, OKS or O.K. strana) was a

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political party in the Czech Republic, founded in 2013 by Jiří Janeček as a split from the Civic Democratic Party.

History

In February 2013, Jiří Janeček founded the so-called ''Right faction'' within the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), with more than 300 members of the party. Janeček stated that the faction aimed to help the party solve its problems. Janeček's actions were criticised by many prominent members of ODS. Janeček resigned as Chairman of the Prague 11 organisation of ODS. In November 2017, Janeček announced that the faction would leave ODS and become the Civic Conservative Party, arguing that ODS had left behind the ideas it was founded upon. OKS had 2,000 supporters within ODS. OKS participated in the

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. It launched its campaign on 15 April 2014, led by Pavel Černý. The party failed to win any seats, receiving 0.22% of votes. In 2014, OKS became one of the founding members of the

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. Other members included the French National Front and the

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. Some media reported in 2016 that OKS would merge with the Patriots of the Czech Republic, but the merger never took place. From 2020 the party had no leader. In January 2022 the Ministry of Internal Affairs proposed the suspension of the party's activities as it was not fulfilling its legal obligations. The party's activities were suspended on 23 March 2022. The party was dissolved in December 2023.

Ideology

The party's program emphasized "the creation of a stable economic environment, a balanced budget, and low taxes, as well as a significant reduction in immigration and in particular Islamization." The party was staunchly

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, with former members of the

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barred from joining.

Leaders

* Jiří Janeček (2013–2015) * Barbora Štěpánková (2016–2020)

Footnotes

External links

Official page
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