Spolu (, stylized as SPOLU) is a Czech

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composed of the Civic Democratic Party,

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, and

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. It forms the current Czech government, in coalition with the

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. Initially formed for the 2021 legislative election, it will compete in the upcoming 2025 election with

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) ...

as its leader and nominee for

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History

Following the 2020 regional elections, the Civic Democratic Party (ODS),

and

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

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and

Markéta Pekarová Adamová Markéta Pekarová Adamová (born 2 October 1984) is a Czech Republic, Czech politician who is the President of the Chamber of Deputies (Czech Republic), President of the Chamber of Deputies since 2021 and leader of TOP 09 since 2019. She has bee ...

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, the parties agreed that ODS would nominate the leaders of the election lists in nine regions, KDU-ČSL in three regions, and TOP 09 in two regions. The alliance was known by media as the Three Coalition, but on 9 December 2020 the parties announced that they would run under the name Spolu (). Spolu introduced its electoral programme and campaign on 9 December 2020. Ahead of the election, opinion polls suggested that ANO would win, but in an electoral upset Spolu won the highest number of votes, and opposition parties won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies. The opposition parties signed a memorandum agreeing to nominate Spolu leader Petr Fiala for the position of prime minister. On 9 November, President

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formally asked Fiala to form a new government. On 17 November 2021, Fiala introduced Zeman to his proposed cabinet and Zeman agreed to appoint Fiala as the new prime minister on 26 November 2021. In November 2021, Fiala said he would like to continue with the Spolu coalition into the 2022 Senate and

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elections. On 14 June 2022, Spolu announced that the coalition would nominate 19 candidates in the senate elections. Spolu also collaborated in municipal elections in some cities and towns, including Prague, Ostrava and Plzeň. In the

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, Spolu endorsed three candidates:

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, and

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. On 28 October 2024, party leaders signed a memorandum and announced that ODS, KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 would continue as an electoral alliance for the 2025 legislative election.

Composition

Regional leaders in the 2021 election

Election results

Chamber of Deputies

Senate

Presidential

European Parliament

Local election

Prague municipal elections

References

{{TOP 09 Political parties established in 2020 Political party alliances in the Czech Republic Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) KDU-ČSL TOP 09 Conservative parties in the Czech Republic 2020 establishments in the Czech Republic 2021 Czech parliamentary election