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The '''Party of Free Citizens''' or '''Free Citizens Party'''<ref>http://www.svobodni.cz/files/docs/eng-press-release.pdf</ref> ({{lang-cs|Strana svobodných občanů}}, Svobodní) is a [[euroscepticism|eurosceptic]] [[political party]] in the [[Czech Republic]]. It was founded in 2009 by [[Petr Mach]], an external economic advisor of Czech [[president of the Czech Republic|president]] [[Václav Klaus]].
The '''Party of Free Citizens''' or the '''Free Citizens' Party'''<ref>http://www.svobodni.cz/files/docs/eng-press-release.pdf</ref> ({{lang-cs|Strana svobodných občanů}}, Svobodní) is a [[libertarianism|libertarian]] [[euroscepticism|eurosceptic]] [[political party]] in the [[Czech Republic]]. It was founded in 2009 by [[Petr Mach]], an external economic advisor of [[president of the Czech Republic|Czech president]] [[Václav Klaus]].


It ran in the [[European Parliament election, 2009 (Czech Republic)|2009 EP election]] in the Czech Republic; among its goals are the failure of the [[Treaty of Lisbon]] and forcing a referendum on [[introduction of the euro]] in the Czech Republic. It was in talks with [[Declan Ganley]] to be part of his EU-wide [[Libertas (lobby group)|Libertas movement]], but the talks failed.<ref>http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0112/1231515550133.html</ref> Its logo is a [[sheep|ram]] on a green field.<ref>http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=1231151636694</ref><ref>http://praguemonitor.com/2009/01/12/websites-new-partys-name-party-free-citizens</ref>
It ran in the [[European Parliament election, 2009 (Czech Republic)|2009 European Parliament election]] in the Czech Republic; among its goals were the failure of the [[Treaty of Lisbon]] and forcing a referendum on [[introduction of the euro]] in the Czech Republic. It was in talks with [[Declan Ganley]] to be part of his EU-wide [[Libertas (lobby group)|Libertas movement]], but the talks failed.<ref>http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0112/1231515550133.html</ref> Its logo is a [[sheep|ram]] on a green field.<ref>http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=1231151636694</ref><ref>http://praguemonitor.com/2009/01/12/websites-new-partys-name-party-free-citizens</ref>


== Ideology ==
== Ideology ==

Revision as of 22:11, 12 January 2013

Svobodní
Strana svobodných občanů
LeaderPetr Mach
Founded14 February 2009
HeadquartersPerucká 2196/14
120 00 Prague 2
IdeologyConservatism
Economic liberalism
Libertarianism
Euroscepticism
International affiliationInterlibertarians
ColoursGreen and White
Website
www.svobodni.cz

The Party of Free Citizens or the Free Citizens' Party[1] (Czech: Strana svobodných občanů, Svobodní) is a libertarian eurosceptic political party in the Czech Republic. It was founded in 2009 by Petr Mach, an external economic advisor of Czech president Václav Klaus.

It ran in the 2009 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic; among its goals were the failure of the Treaty of Lisbon and forcing a referendum on introduction of the euro in the Czech Republic. It was in talks with Declan Ganley to be part of his EU-wide Libertas movement, but the talks failed.[2] Its logo is a ram on a green field.[3][4]

Ideology

  • Party of Free Citizens is against revolution and prefers slow, evolutionary changes.
  • They prefer personal freedom and tolerance and are not nationalistic.
  • They are libertarian, anti-centralistic, and support free market and Austrian School. They want to restrict state control over finance distribution to minimum.

Election results

Chamber of Deputies

Year # of total votes Vote % Seats
2010 38 897 0,74% 0

European Parliament

Year # of total votes Vote % Seats
2009 29 846 1,27% 0

Footnotes

  1. ^ http://www.svobodni.cz/files/docs/eng-press-release.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0112/1231515550133.html
  3. ^ http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=1231151636694
  4. ^ http://praguemonitor.com/2009/01/12/websites-new-partys-name-party-free-citizens

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