SPOLU_(Czech_Republic)

Spolu (Czech Republic)

Spolu (Czech Republic)

Political party in the Czech Republic

This article is about the Czech electoral alliance. For the Slovak party formerly known as SPOLU, see Democrats (Slovakia).

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.

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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] On 14 June 2022 Spolu announced that the coalition would nominate 19 candidates in the senate elections.[14] Spolu also collaborated in municipal elections in some cities and towns, including Prague, Ostrava and Plzeň.[15]

In the 2023 Czech presidential election, Spolu endorsed three candidates: Petr Pavel, Danuše Nerudová, and Pavel Fischer.[16]

Composition

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Regional leaders in the 2021 election

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Election results

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Senate

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Presidential

Election Candidate First round result Second round result
Votes % Result Votes % Result
2023[lower-alpha 1] Petr Pavel 1,975,056 35.40 1st place 3,358,926 58.33 Won
Danuše Nerudová 777,080 13.93 3rd place supported Petr Pavel
Pavel Fischer 376,705 6.75 4th place supported Petr Pavel
  1. The coalition supported 3 independent candidates for this election.

Local election

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Footnotes

  1. [1]
    "Kandidát ODS, TOP 09 a KDU-ČSL na premiéra je Fiala, strany zachovají kluby". iDNES.cz. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Czech election: Opposition wins surprise majority". Deutsche Welle. 9 October 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Námluvy pokročily. Jak se pečou koalice proti Babišovi do velkých voleb?". cnn.iprima.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Pravicové strany směřují k očekávané volební koalici. V úterý mají podepsat memorandum". Lidovky.cz (in Czech). 25 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. [5]
    "ODS, TOP 09 a KDU-ČSL půjdou do voleb společně. Chtějí je vyhrát". Česká televize. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Trojkoalice si rozdělila lídry. ODS 9, lidovci 3, topka 2". novinky.cz. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  7. [7]
    "ODS, KDU-ČSL a TOP 09 jdou do voleb jako koalice SPOLU. Daly 17 slibů". seznamzpravy.cz. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  8. [8]
    "Pravicová trojkoalice ukázala předvolební kampaň. Jdeme do toho spolu, hlásí". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. [9]
    "Spolu vyhrálo volby. Petr Fiala může být nový český premiér". E15.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  10. [10]
    "Czech opposition parties form majority alliance, sign memorandum for new government". expats.cz. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  11. [11]
    Mortkowitz, Siegfried (9 November 2021). "Czech president taps Petr Fiala to lead new government". Politico. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  12. [12]
    "Fiala bude premiérem 26. listopadu, Zemanovi představil jména ministrů". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  13. [13]
    "Fiala chce udržet koalici SPOLU i pro komunální a senátní volby v roce 2022". ČT24 (in Czech). Česká televize. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  14. [14]
    "Koalice SPOLU nasadí do senátních voleb celkem 19 společných kandidátů". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 14 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  15. [15]
    "Spolu, ale jen někde. ODS, TOP 09 a lidovci nepůjdou do voleb dohromady ani v polovině krajských měst". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  16. [16]
    "SPOLU Coalition Will Not Nominate Its Own Candidate For The Presidency". Brno Daily. Czech News Agency. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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