Spolu (Czech Republic)
Spolu | |
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English name | Together |
Abbreviation | SPOLU |
Leader | Petr Fiala[1] |
Founded | 2020 |
Ideology | Liberal conservatism Christian democracy |
Political position | Centre-right[2] |
Colours | Blue |
Coalition Partners | ODS KDU–ČSL TOP 09 |
Chamber of Deputies | 71 / 200 |
Senate | 39 / 81 |
European Parliament | 8 / 21 |
Regional councils | 171 / 675 |
Governors of the regions | 5 / 13 |
Local councils | 6,706 / 61,892 |
Prague City Assembly | 23 / 65 |
Website | |
https://www.spolu21.cz/ | |
Spolu (English: Together) is a Czech centre-right political alliance formed for the 2021 legislative election, composed of the Civic Democratic Party, KDU-ČSL, and TOP 09. As of the 2021 Czech election it governs the Czech Republic in a coalition with the Pirates and Mayors alliance.
History[]
Following the 2020 regional elections, the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 began negotiations about a potential centre-right electoral alliance for the 2021 legislative election.[3]
The ODS leadership agreed to form an alliance with the other parties on 25 October 2020.[4] Two days later party leaders Petr Fiala, Marian Jurečka and Markéta Pekarová Adamová 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.[5] 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.[6] 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 ("Together").[7]
Spolu introduced its electoral programme and campaign on 9 December 2020.[8] Ahead of the election, opinion polls suggested that ANO 2011 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.[9] The opposition parties signed a memorandum agreeing to nominate Spolu leader Petr Fiala for the position of Prime Minister.[10] On 9 November, President Miloš Zeman formally asked Fiala to form a new government.[11] 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.[12] In November 2021 Petr Fiala said he would like to continue with the Spolu coalition into the 2022 Senate and municipal elections.[13]
Composition[]
Name | Ideology | Leader/Leaders | MPs | Senators | MEPs | |
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Civic Democratic Party | Liberal conservatism | Petr Fiala | 34 / 200
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22 / 81
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4 / 21
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KDU-ČSL | Christian democracy | Marian Jurečka | 23 / 200
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12 / 81
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2 / 21
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TOP 09 | Liberal conservatism | Markéta Pekarová Adamová | 14 / 200
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5 / 81
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2 / 21
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Regional leaders in the 2021 election[]
Region | Leader[6] | Election result | |||
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Name | Party | Votes | Seats | ||
Prague | Markéta Pekarová Adamová | TOP 09 | 40.0% | 11 / 23
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Central Bohemian | Jan Skopeček | ODS | 28.7% | 10 / 26
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South Bohemian | ODS | 29.1% | 5 / 13
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Plzeň | Martin Baxa | ODS | 26.6% | 4 / 11
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Karlovy Vary | ODS | 20.2% | 1 / 5
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Ústí nad Labem | ODS | 19.8% | 3 / 14
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Liberec | ODS | 22.8% | 2 / 8
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Hradec Králové | ODS | 28.6% | 4 / 11
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Pardubice | Pavel Svoboda | TOP 09 | 28.5% | 4 / 10
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Vysočina | Vít Kaňkovský | KDU-ČSL | 28.0% | 4 / 10
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South Moravian | Petr Fiala | ODS | 30.0% | 9 / 23
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Olomouc | Marian Jurečka | KDU-ČSL | 24.5% | 4 / 12
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Zlín | Ondřej Benešík | KDU-ČSL | 27.8% | 4 / 12
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Moravian-Silesian | Zbyněk Stanjura | ODS | 20.6% | 6 / 22
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Election results[]
Year | Leader | Vote | Vote % | Seats | +/- | Place | Position |
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2021 | Petr Fiala | 1,493,701 | 27.8 | 71 / 200
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1st | Government |
Footnotes[]
- ^ "Kandidát ODS, TOP 09 a KDU-ČSL na premiéra je Fiala, strany zachovají kluby". iDNES.cz. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "Czech election: Opposition wins surprise majority". Deutsche Welle. 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Námluvy pokročily. Jak se pečou koalice proti Babišovi do velkých voleb?". cnn.iprima.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Pravicové strany směřují k očekávané volební koalici. V úterý mají podepsat memorandum". Lidovky.cz (in Czech). 25 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "ODS, TOP 09 a KDU-ČSL půjdou do voleb společně. Chtějí je vyhrát". Česká televize. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Trojkoalice si rozdělila lídry. ODS 9, lidovci 3, topka 2". www.novinky.cz. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "ODS, KDU-ČSL a TOP 09 jdou do voleb jako koalice SPOLU. Daly 17 slibů". www.seznamzpravy.cz. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "Pravicová trojkoalice ukázala předvolební kampaň. Jdeme do toho spolu, hlásí". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "Spolu vyhrálo volby. Petr Fiala může být nový český premiér". E15.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Czech opposition parties form majority alliance, sign memorandum for new government". www.expats.cz. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ Mortkowitz, Siegfried (9 November 2021). "Czech president taps Petr Fiala to lead new government". Politico. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Fiala bude premiérem 26. listopadu, Zemanovi představil jména ministrů". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Fiala chce udržet koalici SPOLU i pro komunální a senátní volby v roce 2022". ČT24 (in Czech). Česká televize. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- 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