Party of Free Citizens

Party of Free Citizens
Strana svobodných občanů
Leader Petr Mach
Founded 14 February 2009
Headquarters PO BOX 51, 118 00 Prague
Ideology Conservatism
Economic liberalism
Libertarianism
Euroscepticism
Political position Right-wing
Official colours Green
Website
www.svobodni.cz
Politics of the Czech Republic
Political parties
Elections

The Party of Free Citizens or (Free Citizens Party[1]) (Czech: Strana svobodných občanů, Svobodní) is a eurosceptic political party in the Czech Republic. It was founded in 2009 by Petr Mach, an external economic advisor of Czech president Václav Klaus.

It intends to contest the 2009 EP election in the Czech Republic; among its goals are the failure of the Treaty of Lisbon and forcing a referendum on introduction of the euro in the Czech Republic. It was in talks with Declan Ganley to be part of his EU-wide Libertas movement, but the talks failed.[2] Its logo is a ram on a green field.[3][4]

Contents

Election results

Chamber of Deputies

Year # of total votes Vote % Seats
2010 38 897 0,74 % 0

European Parliament

Year # of total votes Vote % Seats
2009 29 846 1,27 % 0

Footnotes

  1. ^ http://www.svobodni.cz/files/docs/eng-press-release.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0112/1231515550133.html
  3. ^ http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=1231151636694
  4. ^ http://praguemonitor.com/2009/01/12/websites-new-partys-name-party-free-citizens

External links

Bracketed numbers indicate numbers of seats in the respective chambers. Sources: Chamber of Deputies  · Senate · Statistical Office
Chamber of Deputies
2010 (200 seats)
Senate
2010 (81 seats)
European Parliament
2009 (22 seats)
Other parties
(>0.5% of the 2010 vote)
1 Includes one elected as independent. 2 One more split to TOP 09. 3 Only one was actually elected as TOP 09 candidate, one split from Christian Democratic Union, two were elected for Mayors and Independents and one for Party for the Open Society