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Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy

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ČSSD – Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy (Czech: ČSSD – Česká suverenita sociální demokracie), until 29 June 2023 known as Czech Sovereignty (Czech: Česká Suverenita),[6] formerly also known Free Bloc (Czech: VOLNÝ blok) and Sovereignty – Jana Bobošíková Bloc (Czech: Suverenita – Blok Jany Bobošíkové), is a small nationalist Czech political party.

ČSSD – Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy
ČSSD – Česká suverenita sociální demokracie
AbbreviationČSSD
ChairmanJiří Paroubek
Deputy LeadersJana Volfová
Petr Benda
Petr Gawlas
Pavel Havránek
FounderJana Bobošíková
Jana Volfová
Founded21 January 2011; 13 years ago (2011-01-21)
Split fromPolitika 21
HeadquartersU Průhonu 1201/23, Prague
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing[5]
Colours  Orange
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
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European Parliament
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Party flag
Website
www.cssdlidem.cz

History

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Origins

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The Party of Common Sense (Strana zdravého rozumu), led by Petr Hannig, took part in the 2002 election to the Chamber of Deputies three months after its foundation, winning 0.2% of the vote. This increased to 0.5% of the vote in the 2006 election.[citation needed]

In 2009, the Party of Common Sense began cooperating with former Eurosceptic MEP Jana Bobošíková (elected in 2004 for the Independents), her party Politika 21, and other independent candidates. This electoral alliance ran in the 2009 European election under the name 'Sovereignty', led by Bobošíková. The list came fifth, winning 4.3% of the vote, just short of the 5% threshold for representation. The Party of Common Sense changed its name to 'Sovereignty – Party of Common Sense' (Suverenita – Strana zdravého rozumu), and won 3.7% in the 2010 election, again falling short of parliamentary representation. The cooperation between the two parties subsequently ended.[7][better source needed]

Founding and Free Bloc

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Sovereignty – Jana Bobošiková Bloc was established in 2011 in Prague, after the breakup of the Sovereignty – Party of Common Sense electoral alliance.[8] It was described as right-wing.[9] In January 2014, the party changed its name to Czech Sovereignty, and former Czech Social Democratic Party MP Jana Volfová became party chairwoman until February 2024.[citation needed]

The party changed its name to Free Bloc (Volný blok) when Lubomír Volný, an MP for the Freedom and Direct Democracy party, joined Czech Sovereignty and became its parliamentary leader. Free Bloc won 1.33% of the vote in the 2021 election, falling short of parliamentary representation.[10] The party changed its name back to Czech Sovereignty in January 2022[11][12] when it was described as far-right.[13][14]

ČSSD – Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy

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Former Czech Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek joined the party in February 2024,[15] and became party chair in the same month.[16] The party is described as left-wing during this period.[5]

Election results

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Logo of Sovereignty – Jana Bobošíková Bloc (2011–2014)
 
Logo of Czech Sovereignty (2014–2018)
 
Logo of the Free Bloc (2021–2022)
 
Logo of Czech Sovereignty (2018–2021, 2022–2023)

Chamber of Deputies

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Year Leader Votes Seats Position
No. % No. ± Size
2013 Jana Bobošíková 21,241 0.43
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Ran on Head Up – Electoral Bloc list, which won 0 seats in total
2017 Jana Borkovcová 5,077 0.10
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   0 20th No seats
Ran on Bloc Against Islamization – Defence of the Homeland list, which won 0 seats in total
2021 Lubomír Volný 71,581 1.33
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   0 9th No seats

European Parliament

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Election List leader Votes % Seats +/− EP Group
2024 Jiří Paroubek 7,579 0.26 (#16)
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References

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  1. ^ "Značka ČSSD znovu na scéně a zřejmě i s Paroubkem. Podle Šmardy to není moc vtipné". Novinky.cz (in Czech). 7 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ^ Dvořáková, Petra (24 April 2019). "Řady národoveckých stran se rozrůstají o bývalé sociální demokraty". Deník Referendum (in Czech).
  3. ^ "Malé strany a evropské volby". Euractiv (in Czech). 24 May 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Program". ČSSD (in Czech). Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Vlevo dole: I levice chce mít své Spolu. Ale nemá Fialu". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). 2 November 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Česká suverenita Jany Volfové se přejmenovala. Nyní používá zkratku ČSSD". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 29 June 2023.
  7. ^ Hanning, Petr (5 September 2013). "Musíme si pomoci sami". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Usnesení sjezdu". Suverenita (in Czech). Archived from the original on 21 August 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  9. ^ Enter, Tomáš. "Nacionálně | populistické politické strany v České republice: příčiny neúspěchu, podmínky etablování" (PDF). Masaryk University (in Czech). Brno. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Volný blok už už sahal na státní příspěvek, peníze však nedostane". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Pravo. 10 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Rejstřík politických stran a hnutí". Czech Ministry of the Interior (in Czech). Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  12. ^ Mašát Janáková, Barbora (17 January 2022). "Zmatky ve Volném bloku: Hnutí mění název, Volný zpochybňuje své členství a chce novou stranu". Deník N (in Czech).
  13. ^ Kubita, Jan (28 July 2021). "Shluk Volných radikálů není nebezpečný. Naopak, demokratům spíš pomůže". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). Economia.
  14. ^ "Církev se distancovala od politiky Lipovské, jež kandiduje za extremisty". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Borgis. 27 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Paroubek získal nominaci do čela ČSSD. Vrací se i Petr Benda". PrahaIN (in Czech). Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  16. ^ "Paroubek byl zvolen předsedou ČSSD, nahradil Janu Volfovou". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 17 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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