LIDEM
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| LIDEM – Liberal Democrats LIDEM – liberální demokraté |
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| Leader | Karolína Peake |
| Founded | 3 May 2012 |
| Split from | Public Affairs |
| Headquarters | Štěpánská 611/14 Nové Město, Prague 1 |
| Ideology | Liberalism[1] |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party |
| Chamber of Deputies |
8 / 200
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| Senate |
0 / 81
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| European Parliament |
0 / 22
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| Website | |
| www.lidem.cz | |
LIDEM – Liberal Democrats (Czech: LIDEM – liberální demokraté), usually abbreviated to LIDEM (Czech for "for the people"), is a Czech political party. It was founded on 3 May 2012 by Karolína Peake after she and seven other MPs broke away from Public Affairs.[2]
The party supports greater individual freedom in both economic and social spheres.[3]
In September 2012, the party applied for membership in the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR)[4] and was accepted on 9 November 2012.[5]
Elected representatives [edit]
LIDEM has eight members of the 200-member Chamber of Deputies:
References [edit]
- ^ Czech PM under threat after failed vote to hike taxes, Reuters, 5 September, retrieved 13 October 2012
- ^ http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/party-around-czech-deputy-pm-peake-to-be-called-lidem/789996
- ^ Velinger, Jan (8 June 2012). "News". Radio Prague. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
- ^ "Peake's LIDEM party unveils logo", Prague Daily Monitor, 19 September 2012
- ^ http://www.eldr.eu/en/news/eldr-family-grows-council-welcomes-new-member-parties
External links [edit]
- (Czech) LIDEM official website
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