Democratic Union (abbreviated DEU) was a liberal political party in the Czech Republic. It existed since 1994 and was dissolved in 2001 when it merged with Freedom Union.

History

The party first participated in 1996 legislative election but failed to reach 5% threshold. The party later joined

Four-Coalition The Four-Coalition ( cs, Čtyřkoalice), also translated as the Coalition of Four or Quad-Coalition, abbreviated to 4K, was a liberal centre-right political alliance in the Czech Republic between 1998 and 2002. The four member parties were: * Ch ...

. DEU merged with Freedom Union in 2000, and Freedom Union changed its name to

Freedom Union – Democratic Union The Freedom Union–Democratic Union ( cs, Unie Svobody–Demokratická unie, US–DEU) was a small pro-European liberal party in the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2011. Freedom Union was founded in January 1998 by former members of the Civic Demo ...

. Members of DEU founded a relatively independent platform, whose members later tried, unsuccessfully, to take over the leadership. Platform then left the party and established Democratic Union of the Czech Republic (DEU ČR).

Election results

Chamber of deputies of the Czech Republic

References

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