Social Democracy (, SOCDEM), known as the Czech Social Democratic Party (, ČSSD) until 10 June 2023, is a

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political party in the Czech Republic. Sitting on the

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of the

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and holding

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views, it is a member of the

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, the

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, and the

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. Masaryk Democratic Academy is the party-affiliated's

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. The ČSSD was a junior coalition party within

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's minority government from June 2018, and was a senior coalition party from 1998 to 2006 and from 2013 to 2017. It held 15 seats in the

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following the

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in which the party lost 35 seats. From 2018 to 2021, the party was led by

Jan Hamáček Jan Hamáček (born 4 November 1978) is a Czech politician who was leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) from February 2018 until October 2021, and minister of the Interior from June 2018 to December 2021. He also served as the ...

, who has since been replaced by Michal Šmarda as leader after the

2021 Czech legislative 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 ...

, in which the party lost all of its seats after falling below 5%. The party will try to make a comeback in the 2025 Czech legislative election under the leadership of

Jana Maláčová Jana Maláčová (born 24 June 1981) is a Czech politician who has served as the leader of the Social Democracy party since October 2024. In July 2018 she took up the post as the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the Czech Republic in th ...

History

The Social Democratic Czechoslavonic party in Austria () was a political group founded on 7 April 1878 in

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military ...

as a regional wing of the

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. Founded in

Břevnov Břevnov () is a cadastral district in the west of Prague, located in Prague 6. The district is home to the Břevnov Monastery (Czech: ''Břevnovský klášter''). On the territory of Břevnov stems Brusnice brook. Břevnov was first mentioned in ...

atop earlier social democratic initiatives, such as the Ouls, it represented much of the

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in the Austrian parliament, and its significant role in the political life of the empire was one of the factors that led to the creation of an independent Czechoslovakia. After the collapse of Austria-Hungary at the end of

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, the party became one of the leading parties of the

first Czechoslovak Republic The First Czechoslovak Republic, often colloquially referred to as the First Republic, was the first Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak state that existed from 1918 to 1938, a union of ethnic Czechs and Slovaks. The country was commonly called Czechosl ...

. Its members were split over whether to join the

Comintern The Communist International, abbreviated as Comintern and also known as the Third International, was a political international which existed from 1919 to 1943 and advocated world communism. Emerging from the collapse of the Second Internatio ...

, which in 1921 resulted in the fracturing of the party, with a large part of its membership then forming the new

Communist Party of Czechoslovakia The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ( Czech and Slovak: ''Komunistická strana Československa'', KSČ) was a communist and Marxist–Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992. It was a member of the Com ...

During the occupation of the Czech lands by

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, the party was officially abolished, but its members organized resistance movements contrary to the laws of the German-controlled

Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was a partially-annexation, annexed territory of Nazi Germany that was established on 16 March 1939 after the Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945), German occupation of the Czech lands. The protector ...

, both at home and abroad. After the re-establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1945, the party returned to its pre-war structure and became a member of the National Front which formed a new governing coalition. In 1948, after the

gained a parliamentary majority, the Czech Social Democratic Party was incorporated into the Communist Party. At the time of the

Prague Spring The Prague Spring (; ) was a period of liberalization, political liberalization and mass protest in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. It began on 5 January 1968, when reformist Alexander Dubček was elected Secretary (title), First Secre ...

, a reformist movement in 1968, there were talks about allowing the recreation of a social democratic party, but Soviet intervention put an end to such ideas. It was only after the

Velvet Revolution The Velvet Revolution () or Gentle Revolution () was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 17 November to 28 November 1989. Popular demonstrations against the one-party government of the Communist Pa ...

of 1989 that the party was recreated. Since the

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, which came into effect on 1 January 1993, the ČSSD has been one of the major political parties of the Czech Republic, and until October 2017 was always one of the two parties with the largest number of seats in the Chamber of Deputies. At the

1998 Czech legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 19 and 20 June 1998.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p471 The Czech Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest party, winning 74 of th ...

, the party won the largest number of seats but failed to form a coalition government, so formed a minority government under its leader

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. With only 74 seats out of 200, the government had

confidence and supply In parliamentary system, parliamentary democracies based on the Westminster system, confidence and supply is an arrangement under which a minority government (one which does not control a majority in the legislature) receives the support of one ...

from the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), under the so-called Opposition Agreement. At the

2002 Czech legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 14 and 15 June 2002. The Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) emerged as the leading party, winning 71 out of 200 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.Hanley, S. (2002). ''The Political Cont ...

, the party gained 70 of the 200 seats in the

. Its leader

Vladimír Špidla Vladimír Špidla (; born 22 April 1951) is a Czech politician who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic from July 2002 to August 2004 and as European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities from Novemb ...

became

prime minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

, heading a coalition with two small centre-right parties, the

Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words ''Christ'' and ''Ch ...

(KDU–ČSL) and the

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(US-DEU) until he was forced to resign in 2004 after the ČSSD lost in the 2004 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic. The next leader was

Stanislav Gross Stanislav Gross (; 30 October 1969 – 16 April 2015) was a Czech lawyer and politician who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic and leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party from 2004 until 2005 when he resigned as a result of ...

, serving as leader from 26 June 2004 to 26 April 2005 and as prime minister from 4 August 2004 to 25 April 2005. He resigned after a scandal when he was unable to explain the source of money used to buy his house. The successor of Gross as prime minister was Jiří Paroubek, while

Bohuslav Sobotka Bohuslav Sobotka (; born 23 October 1971) is a Czech politician and lawyer who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic from January 2014 to December 2017 and leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) from 2010 until his res ...

became acting party leader from 26 April 2005 to 13 May 2006. Paroubek was then elected as the new party leader in the run-up to the

2006 Czech legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 2 and 3 June 2006 to elect the members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook' ...

, at which the party won 32.3% of the vote and 74 out of 200 seats. The election at first caused a

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, since the centre-right parties plus the

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as environmentalism and social justice. Green party platforms typically embrace Social democracy, social democratic economic policies and fo ...

and the centre-left parties each had exactly 100 seats. The stalemate was broken when two ČSSD deputies, Miloš Melčák and Michal Pohanka, abstained during a

vote of confidence A motion or vote of no confidence (or the inverse, a motion or vote of confidence) is a motion and corresponding vote thereon in a deliberative assembly (usually a legislative body) as to whether an officer (typically an executive) is deemed fit ...

, allowing a coalition of the Civic Democrats (ODS), the KDU-ČSL, and the Green Party to form a government, while the ČSSD went into opposition. At the 2010 Czech legislative election, the ČSSD gained 22.08% of the vote but remained the largest party, with 56 seats. Failing to form a governing coalition, it remained in opposition to a government coalition of the ODS, conservative

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and conservative-liberal Public Affairs parties. Paroubek resigned as leader on 7 June and was succeeded by Sobotka. It remained the largest party after the

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, and in December of the same year formed a governing coalition with the populist

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and the centrist

. The leader of ČSSD, Bohuslav Sobotka, became the new Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. The party suffered heavy losses in the

and was reduced to 15 seats, the worst result in its history. ČSSD suffered another defeat in the Prague Municipal, local and Senate elections in 2018. ČSSD lost 12 senators (only one managed to win re-election), all Prague deputies and more than half of their local councillors. In 2019 ČSSD lost all their representatives in the European Parliament. Some political commentators have interpreted the string of poor results as a sign of ČSSD losing their position in national politics. ČSSD suffered another defeat in 2020 Regional Elections and Senate elections, when they lost 10 senators (none re-elected) and 97 regional deputies. From 2018 to 2021, ČSSD had

as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior,

as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs,

Lubomír Zaorálek Lubomír Zaorálek (born 6 September 1956) is a Czech politician, who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka from 2014 to 2017, and Minister of Culture under Prime Minister Andrej Babiš from 2019 to 2021. ...

as Minister of Culture, and Miroslav Toman as Minister of Agriculture.

Extra-parliamentary party since 2021

In the 2021 election the party fell short of the 5% threshold and subsequently lost all of its seats in the Chamber of Deputies. This came as a shock to much of the party membership, who were reportedly optimistic about party results even as predictions showed party losing its representation. Party chair Jan Hamáček resigned on the election day, as some high-ranking members blamed ANO for the lost. Later that year, Mayor of the

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Michal Šmarda defeated former Minister of Labor

in the leadership contest, vowing to return the party to Parliament. He also said he does not want to repeat the cooperation with ANO, as he reckoned that it will not exist when the next parliamentary election is held.

Relaunch

At its 2023, the party elected to change its name to just ''Social Democracy'', and adopt a new visual identity with a new logo. Šmarda was reelected as chairman, claiming that the party will be an alternative to both a SPOLU-led government and an ANO-led opposition. He also says he sees the party back at a 30% vote share in four years and at 10% in the next parliamentary election, claiming that under his leadership, SOCDEM will not form a government with ANO, ODS,

, SPD or KSČM. For the

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, the party nominated a trade union leader Josef Středula, though he dropped out shortly before the election. Šmarda refused to support any other candidate, but called on his fellow party members to vote against

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and

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. Former party leader

was selected as the party's lead candidate for the

2024 European Parliament election The 2024 European Parliament election was held in the European Union (EU) between 6 and 9 June 2024. It was the tenth Elections to the European Parliament, parliamentary election since the 1979 European Parliament election, first direct electio ...

. The party had chosen to run independently, after coalition talks with the Greens failed, but opted to invite Budoucnost members on its list. SOCDEM received 1.86% of the vote share at the election, failing to enter the European Parliament for the second consecutive time, and finishing 9th overall. Šmarda, describing the result as his personal failure, called for a new leadership election, blaming the party disunity for the result.

Under Jana Maláčova leadership

After the unsuccessful election, Jana Maláčová was elected chairwomen of the party, defeating former Minister for Human Rights

Jiří Dienstbier Jr. Jiří Dienstbier Jr. (born 27 May 1969) is a Czech politician, lawyer and the Senator for Kladno from 2011 to 2020, representing the Social Democratic Party (ČSSD). He previously served as Minister for Human Rights, Equal Opportunities and Legi ...

. Maláčová called for the party to shift to the left and called for a Czech version of the French

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alliance. Doing so, she refused to work with KSČM, causing a stir among some party members. Later, former ministers Jan Petříček, Petra Buzková and former party leader

had left the party in protest. Shortly after being elected, Maláčová began talks with the Stačilo! alliance, seeking cooperation for the

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 ...

, citing the success of the French

NUPES The New Ecological and Social People's Union (, NUPES) was a left-wing electoral alliance of political parties in France. Formed on May Day 2022, the alliance included La France Insoumise (LFI), the Socialist Party (PS), the French Communist Part ...

. This resulted in further protests from party members as well as the Young Social Democrats, which warned against another mass departure of members if SOCDEM collaborates with Stačilo!. In February 2025, Maláčová announced that the talks have broken down, saying the Stačilo! was not "not left-wing enough" and that it focused on anti-system politics rather than on social-economical issues. The party has added that it is still open to cooperation with other subjects.

Organization

Names

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as part of

: * 1878–1893: Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Party in Austria (''Sociálně-demokratická strana českoslovanská v Rakousku''), then part of the

* 1893–1918: Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party (''Českoslovanská sociálně demokratická stranu dělnická''), an independent party

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

: * 1918–1938: Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party (''Československá sociálně demokratická strana dělnická''), and was a member of the

Labour and Socialist International The Labour and Socialist International (LSI) was an international organization of socialist and labourist parties, active between 1923 and 1940. The group was established through a merger of the rival Vienna International and the Berne Intern ...

between 1923 and 1938; after the split-up of Austria-Hungary, the portion of the party that ended up within the new

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split from the main party to form the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party in the Republic of Austria * 1938–1941: National Labour Party (''Národní strana práce''), which was a merger of the party with the left wing of the Czechoslovak National Socialist Party to unite the left in opposition to the ruling Party of National Unity * 1945–1948: Czechoslovak Social Democracy (''Československá sociální demokracie'') * 1948–1989: merged with the

but concurrently existed as an exile party with its headquarters in London * 1990–1993: Czechoslovak Social Democracy (''Československá sociální demokracie'')

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: * 1993–2023: Czech Social Democratic Party (''Česká strana sociálně demokratická''), keeping the previous abbreviation ČSSD * Since June 2023: Social Democracy (''Sociální demokracie''), adopting the abbreviation SOCDEM.

Logos

File:Czechoslovak Social Democracy.png, Party logo, 1945–1948 1990–1992
(1948–1990 in-exile) File:Social Democratic Party symbol 1993.jpg, Party logo, 1992–1998 File:Czech Social Democratic Party logo (2021).svg, Party logo, 2021–2023 File:Logo of the Social Democracy (Czech Republic).svg, Party logo, 2023– ČSSD-nové logo.png, Electoral logo for 2020 elections Logo of the Czech Social Democratic Party (2021).svg, Electoral logo for 2021 elections

Policy positions

In economic matters, the ČSSD party platform is typical of Western European social democratic parties. It supports a

mixed economy A mixed economy is an economic system that includes both elements associated with capitalism, such as private businesses, and with socialism, such as nationalized government services. More specifically, a mixed economy may be variously de ...

, a strong

welfare state A welfare state is a form of government in which the State (polity), state (or a well-established network of social institutions) protects and promotes the economic and social well-being of its citizens, based upon the principles of equal oppor ...

, and

progressive taxation A progressive tax is a tax in which the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases. The term ''progressive'' refers to the way the tax rate progresses from low to high, with the result that a taxpayer's average tax rate is less than the ...

. In foreign policy, it supports European integration, including joining the

Eurozone The euro area, commonly called the eurozone (EZ), is a Monetary union, currency union of 20 Member state of the European Union, member states of the European Union (EU) that have adopted the euro (Euro sign, €) as their primary currency ...

, and is critical of the

foreign policy of the United States The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States of America, including all the bureaus and offices in the United States Department of State, as mentioned in the ''Foreign Policy Agenda'' of the Department of State, are ...

, especially when in opposition, though it does not oppose membership of the Czech Republic in

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ; , OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental Transnationalism, transnational military alliance of 32 Member states of NATO, member s ...

Membership

; Further references

Election results

Cisleithanian elections

Imperial Council elections

Czechoslovakia wide elections

Legislative elections

Devolved assembly elections

Czech assembly elections

Slovak assembly elections

Czech Republic wide elections

Legislative elections

Senate elections

; Notes * In 1996, the whole Senate elected (81 seats), while in next elections only one third of seats is to be contested.

Presidential elections

European Parliament elections

Regional elections

Local elections

Prague municipal elections

Chairmen

Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party in Austria

Josef Boleslav Pecka Josef Boleslav Pecka (19 September 1849 – 25 July 1897) was a Czech journalist, poet and social democratic Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that suppor ...

(1878–1893) *

Josef Hybeš Josef Hybeš (29 January 1850 – 19 July 1921) was a Czech labour leader, socialist politician and journalist. He was a founding member of the Czech Social Democratic Party. Biography Josef Hybeš was born into a working-class family of weaver ...

(1887–1893)

Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party

* Josef Steiner (1893–1904) *

Antonín Němec Antonín Němec (15 January 1858 – 25 May 1926) was a Czech journalist and politician. He was a member of the National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Republic for the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party and the long-time chairman of this politica ...

(1904–1915) * Bohumír Šmeral (1916–1917)

Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party

(1917–1925) * Antonín Hampl (1925–1938)

Czechoslovak Social Democracy

Zdeněk Fierlinger Zdeněk Fierlinger (11 July 1891 – 2 May 1976) was a Czechoslovak diplomat and politician. He served as the prime minister of Czechoslovakia from 1944 to 1946, first in the London-based Czechoslovak government-in-exile and then in liberated Cze ...

(1945–1947) *

Bohumil Laušman Bohumil Laušman (30 August 1903, Žumberk, Kingdom of Bohemia – 9 May 1963, Prague) was a Czech Social Democratic Party, Czech Social Democratic politician. During World War II he was in exile in Great Britain, where he was a member of the Cze ...

(1947–1948)

Czechoslovak Social Democracy in-exile

* Blažej Vilím (1948) * Václav Majer (1948–1972) *

Vilém Bernard Vilém or Vilem is Czech form of Germanic name William. It may refer to: *Vilém Blodek (1834–1874), Czech composer, flautist, and pianist * Vilém Dušan Lambl (1824–1895), Czech physician * Vilém Flusser (1920–1991), philosopher born in C ...

(1972–1989) * Karel Hrubý

Czechoslovak Social Democracy

* Slavomír Klaban (1989–1990) * Jiří Horák (1990–1993)

Czech Social Democratic Party

(28 February 1993 – April 2001) *

(April 2001 – 26 July 2004) *

(26 July 2004 – 26 April 2005) **

(2005–2006; ''acting'') * Jiří Paroubek (2006–2010) *

(2011–2017) ** Milan Chovanec (2017–2018; ''acting'') *

(2018–2021) ** Roman Onderka (2021; ''acting'') * Michal Šmarda (2021–2024) *

(since 2024)

Notes

References

External links

* *
Religious wing website
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Women wing website

Party basic data in English
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History

Extra-parliamentary party since 2021

Relaunch

Under Jana Maláčova leadership

Organization

Names

Logos

Policy positions

Membership

Election results

Cisleithanian elections

Imperial Council elections

Czechoslovakia wide elections

Legislative elections

Devolved assembly elections

Czech assembly elections

Slovak assembly elections

Czech Republic wide elections

Legislative elections

Senate elections

Presidential elections

European Parliament elections

Regional elections

Local elections

Prague municipal elections

Chairmen

Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party in Austria

Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party

Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party

Czechoslovak Social Democracy

Czechoslovak Social Democracy in-exile

Czechoslovak Social Democracy

Czech Social Democratic Party

See also

Notes

References

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