Czech Republic

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The parties

This is incomplete list of political parties in Czech Republic. The political scene is dominated by four large (membership, voters) parties; remaining parties are small and weak.

Parties in Chamber of deputies

• Civic Democratic Party (ODS – Občanská demokratická strana) - major right-wing party
• Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD – Česká strana sociálně demokratická) - major left-wing party
• Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM – Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy) - heir of Communist party of Czechoslovakia
• Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL – Křesťanská a demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová) - major conservative party
• Green Party (SZ - Strana Zelených)

The Civic Democratic Party (Czech: Občanská demokratická strana - abbreviation: ODS) is the strongest right-wing political party in the Czech Republic. ... The Czech Social Democratic Party (Czech: Česká strana sociálně demokratická or ČSSD) is the Social Democrat political party in the Czech Republic. ... The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (Czech: Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy) is a communist party in the Czech Republic. ... The Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak Peoples Party (in Czech: Křesťanská a demokratická unie - Československá strana lidová or KDU-ČSL, also known under short name lidovci) is the Christian democratic political party in the Czech Republic. ... The Green Party (Strana zelených in Czech) is a minor political party in the Czech Republic. ...

Other significant parties

Parties with representation in one of the two chambers of parliament or the European parliament The European Parliament building in Strasbourg The inside of the building The European Parliament (formerly European Parliamentary Assembly) is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ...

• Freedom Union-Democratic Union (US-DEU - Unie Svobody - Demokratická unie) - small liberal party
• Liberal Reform Party (LIRA - Liberální reformní strana) - other liberal party
• SNK European Democrats (SNK ED - SNK Evropští demokraté)
• The Independents
• Independents Democrats (Vladimír Železný)

This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberal parties | Czech political parties ... The Liberal Reform Party (in Czech Liberální reformní strana, LIRA) is tiny political party in the Czech Republic. ... The SNK European Democrats (Czech: SNK Evropští demokraté), is a small liberal conservative political party in the Czech Republic, led by Jan Kasl, former Mayor of the City of Prague and former Foreign Minister Josef Zieleniec. ... Vladimír Železný is a media businessman and politician in the Czech Republic, the founder of TV NOVA. Often operating on the limits of law, or outside it, thus being called Czech Berlusconi. Since 2001 one of the business/political friends of Václav Klaus. ...

Other parties

Parties without parliamentary representation, incomplete list

• Czech National Social Party (Česká strana národně sociální, CSNS)
• Club of Committed Non-Party Members (Klub angažovaných nestraníků, KAN)
• General Civic Party (Všeobecná občanská strana, VOS)
• I Want My Chance (Chci svou šanci, CISN)
• National Unity (Národní Sjednocení)
• Party for the Open Society (Strana pro otevřenou společnost, SOS)
• Party of Democratic Socialism (SDS - Strana Demokratického Socialismu)
• Roma Democratic Social Party (Romská Demokratická Sociální Strana)
• Vote for the City (Volba pro město, VPM)
• Common sense Party (Strana zdravého rozumu, SZR)
• Czech movement for national unity (České hnutí za národní jednotu, ČHNJ)
• Balbín's Poetical Party (Balbínovy poetické strany, BPS)
• Law and Justice (Právo a spravedlnost, PaS)
• Movement INDEPENDENTS (hnutí NEZÁVISLÍ, NEZ)
• the Czech Right-wing (Česká pravice, ČP)
• Czech crown - Roayalists (Koruna česká (monarch.strana), KČ)
• Helax - Ostrava is having fun (Helax – Ostrava se baví, HOB)
• Right-wing Bloc (Pravý Blok, PB)
• 4 VISIONS (4 VIZE, 4 VIZE)
• Moravians (Moravané, M)
• Humane party (Humanistická strana, HS)
• Coaliton for Czech Republic - Democratic union (see above), Support of Volunteers Movement, Club of Committed Non-party Members, Masaryk's Democratic Party, Independent Initiative, Work Party, Union of bussinessmen and enterprisers (Koalice pro Českou republiku, KpČR)
• National party (Národní strana, NS)
• Folklor as well as Society (Folklor i Společnost, FIS)
• Equality of Prospects Party (Strana Rovnost šancí, SRS) - feminist party

The Czech National Social Party (Czech: Česká strana národně sociální, 1897 - 1918), Czech Socialist Party (Česká strana socialistická, 1918 - 1919), Czechoslovak Socialist Party (Československá strana socialistická, 1919 - 1926), Czechoslovak National Socialist Party (1926 - 1948), Czechoslavak Socialist Party (Československá strana socialistická, 1948 - 1993), Liberal National Social Party (Liberální strana národně sociální... The Club of Committed Non-Party Members (in Czech Klub angažovaných nestraníků, KAN) is a tiny liberal party in the Czech Republic. ... The General Civic Party (in Czech VÅ¡eobecná občanská strana, VOS) is a tiny liberal party in the Czech Republic. ... The I Want My Chance party (in Czech Chci svou Å¡anci, CISN), is a tiny regional free market liberal party in the Czech Republic. ... National Unity (Národní Sjednocení, NSJ) is a tiny Czech nationalist party which held its founding convention on 3 June 2002 in Zákupy. ... The Party for the Open Society (in Czech Strana pro otevÅ™enou společnost, SOS) is a tiny liberal party in the Czech Republic. ... Roma Democratic Social Party (Romská demokratická sociální strana, RDSS) is a small Czech political party founded on 22 March 2005 and led by Miroslav Tancoš. ... The Vote for the City (in Czech Volba pro mÄ›sto, VPM) is a tiny liberal party in the Czech Republic. ... Ostrava ( ) (IPA: ) (German: Ostrau, Polish: Ostrawa) is the third largest city in the Czech Republic and the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian Region. ... A Moravian can be: an ethnic group a Christian denomination This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Masaryk is the name of: Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first President of Czechoslovakia; Jan Masaryk, his son, a politician and a diplomat. ...

See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
• Liberalism in the Czech lands

Welcome to the index of political parties, an alphabetical list of (mainly) present-day political parties listed in the list of political parties. ... This is a list of political parties around the world. ... This is a list of political parties around the world by ideology. ... This is a list of political parties around the world by ideology. ... This article gives an overview of liberalism in the Czech Lands. ...

External link

• List of political parties registered by Ministry of Interior in Czech Republic (in Czech)