European Democrats (Czech Republic)
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SNK European Democrats
Sdružení nezávislých kandidátů – Evropští demokraté |
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| Leader | Zdeňka Marková |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Malá Štěpánská 7, Prague |
| Ideology |
Liberal conservatism Pro-Europeanism |
| European affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | EPP-ED (2004–2009) |
| Colours | Blue, Yellow |
| Chamber of Deputies |
0 / 200
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| Senate |
0 / 81
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| European Parliament |
0 / 22
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| Website | |
| www.snked.cz | |
The SNK European Democrats (Czech: SNK Evropští demokraté), is a political party in the Czech Republic, led by Zdeňka Marková [citation needed]. The first regular chairperson of this party was Jana Hybášková [citation needed]. It was created in January 2006 through the merging of two Czech political parties – SNK Union of Independents (Czech: SNK sdružení nezávislých) led by former Foreign Minister Josef Zieleniec and European Democrats (Czech: Evropští demokraté) led by former Mayor of the City of Prague Jan Kasl [citation needed].
The European Democrats were founded in summer 2002 by former Mayor of the City of Prague Jan Kasl [citation needed]. He resigned on his post in protest at the policy of Civic Democratic Party in Prague's municipal government. It was founded above all as a Prague party (or no more than a party for the bigger cities). In the 2002 elections for Prague's municipal government, the European Democrats reached 15 seats (2nd place) and became the strongest opposition party [citation needed]. In the 2004 Senate elections, ED gained 1 seat (of 27 elected). The party had only ever Jan Kasl as its chairman until it merged with SNK.
Although these two parties merged in 2006, they had already cooperated in coalition in the 2004 European Parliament Elections. They gained 11% of the vote [citation needed] and elected three MEPs – Josef Zieleniec, Jana Hybášková and Tomáš Zatloukal.
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