Prague Together () is an association of independent candidates in Prague. It was created for the 2018 Prague municipal election by

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 Czec ...

MP Jan Čižinský. The main representatives are Adam Scheinherr and Hana Třeštíková. It was created on the basis of a similar initiative , which in 2014 won the elections to the municipal council of the

Prague 7 Prague 7 is a municipal district (''městská část'') in Prague, Czech Republic. The administrative district (''správní obvod'') of the same name consists of the quarters Letná, Holešovice, Bubny, Bubeneč, Troja as well as a small part ...

district. The association is made up of active citizens, tries to connect with local associations and "to present itself as a principled alternative to the existing municipal establishment with the aim of winning the elections." For the

2022 Prague municipal election The 2022 Prague municipal election was held in September 2022 as part of the 2022 Czech municipal elections, nationwide municipal elections to elect members of the Prague City Assembly. It was a victory for Spolu (Czech Republic), Spolu which rece ...

it was turned into a political party.

History

On 12 December 2017, the group announced that it intended to collect 100,000 signatures, which would allow it to run as an association of independent candidates under the Act on Municipal Council Elections. The motto of the petition was "A Prague that you can sign up for" (.) Prague Together eventually collected 97,095 signatures and launched its campaign for the 2018 Prague municipal election based on volunteers. Prague Together received 16.57% of votes finishing third. The movement then became part of the governing coalition in Prague. Prague Together tried to collect 100,000 signatures for the

but failed having gathered only 92,565 signatures and thus ran as a political party. The party finished 4th, with 14.73% of the vote. A leadership election for Prague Together was held on 13 March 2024, incumbent leader Čižinský declined to run, while received 27 votes against Petr Zeman's 10 and became the new leader.

Election results

Prague municipal elections

References

{{reflist Politics of Prague Liberal parties in the Czech Republic Political parties in the Czech Republic Political parties established in 2017 KDU-ČSL breakaway groups 2017 establishments in the Czech Republic