Věci veřejné
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Public Affairs
Věci veřejné |
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|---|---|
 |
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| Founded | 2001 |
| Dissolved | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Štefánikova 23/203, Prague 5 |
| Ideology |
Conservative liberalism Direct democracy Populism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Light blue |
| Chamber of Deputies |
0 / 200
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| Senate |
0 / 81
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| European Parliament |
0 / 21
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| Regional councils |
0 / 675
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| Local councils |
3 / 62,178
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| Website | |
| http://www.veciverejne.cz/ | |
Public Affairs (Czech: Věci veřejné, VV, nicknamed véčkaři) was a conservative liberalpolitical party in the Czech Republic. Its main platform was transparency and opposition to political corruption. It had 24 seats in the 2010-2013 Chamber of Deputies. The party was led by anti-establishment investigative journalist and writer Radek John, and later by Jiří Kohout.
Besides opposing corruption, the party was fiscally conservative. It had a number of right-wing populist policies, without opposing immigrants, but a proportion of its small membership was closer to the centre-left. The party was supportive of direct democracy – the members of the party could change the course of the party by Internet referendums - and was pro-European Union.
Founded in 2001, the party focused on local politics in Prague, particularly Prague 1, for most of its existence. In June 2009, Radek John was recruited as its chairman, and it emerged in late 2009 as a contender in the 2010 election, polling above the 5% threshold to win seats, and occasionally above KDU-ČSL and the Green Party. John competed with Karel Schwarzenberg for the title of the country's most popular politician.
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