Independent Democrats ( or NEZDEM) was a small

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in the

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. Its founder

Vladimír Železný Vladimír Železný (born 3 March 1945) is a Czech businessman and politician. He was the first CEO of Nova (Czech TV), TV NOVA, a popular Czech television station and was a member of the European Parliament between 2004 and 2009. As a media mogu ...

, MEP, was elected its chairman during the party's convention on 6–7 August 2005. It advocates strict

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policies, the abolition of the

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, and review of the country's relationship with the

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References

External links

Official website

Vladimír Železný
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