The European Democratic Party ( cs, Evropská demokratická strana, EDS) was a Czech

liberal conservative Liberal conservatism is a political ideology combining conservative policies with liberal stances, especially on economic issues but also on social and ethical matters, representing a brand of political conservatism strongly influenced by li ...

Pro-European Pro-Europeanism, sometimes called European Unionism, is a political position that favours European integration and membership of the European Union (EU).Krisztina Arató, Petr Kaniok (editors). ''Euroscepticism and European Integration''. Polit ...

political party founded in November 2008, and chaired by

Jana Hybášková Jana Hybášková (born 26 June 1965 in Prague) is a Czech politician and diplomat, who currently serves as the Ambassador of the European Union in Namibia. She served as a Member of the European Parliament for the SNK European Democrats (part of ...

Formation

EDS was registered with the Czech Ministry of the Interior in the week prior to 27 November 2008.Nováček na české politické scéně – Evropská demokratická strana (EDS)!!!
, Nove Zeny, 27 November 2009, English translatio
here
/ref> It was announced to the public at the

National Gallery in Prague The National Gallery Prague ( cz, Národní galerie Praha, NGP), formerly the National Gallery in Prague (), is a state-owned art gallery in Prague, which manages the largest collection of art in the Czech Republic and presents masterpieces of Cze ...

on 26 November 2008.

Position

EDS focusses on the economic development of the Czech Republic, the adoption of the euro and energy security.V týmu strany Hybáškové je bývalý šéf generálního štábu Šedivý
, Ceske Noviny, 28 January 2009, English translatio
here
/ref> It is for European integration and adopting European law in Czech legislation.Nováček na české politické scéně – Evropská demokratická strana (EDS)
, zpravodajstvi.ecn.cz via eConnect, 27 November 2008, English translatio
here
/ref>

Nomenclature

EDS shares a name with the europarty called the ''

European Democratic Party The European Democratic Party (EDP) ( French: Parti Démocrate Européen; PDE) also known as the European Democrats, is a centrist European political party in favour of European integration. François Bayrou is the President of the party. All ...

'', but it is not connected with it.

People

EDS personnel include: * President:

, former MEP. *

Jana Ryšlinková Jana may refer to: Entertainment * ''Jana'' (film), a 2004 Tamil film by Shaji Kailas * Jana (singer) (born 1974), Serbian singer * Jana (Native American singer), née Jana Mashonee * '' Jana of the Jungle'', animated series created by Doug Wil ...

, former Deputy Minister for Regional Development and member of the Prague council. *

Věra Jourová Věra Jourová (; born 18 August 1964) is a Czech politician and lawyer who has been the Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency since 1 December 2019 and previously served as the European Commissioner for Justice, C ...

, former Minister for Regional Development. *

Jiří Šedivý Jiří Šedivý (born 20 August 1963) is a Czech politician and diplomat. Although not member of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), Šedivý has served in various ministerial positions in ODS-led governments. Specifically, he served as Minister o ...

, former army Chief of General Staff. The involvement of former senior members of the military in Czech politics is regarded as unusual.

Supporters

EDS supporters include: *

Václav Havel Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 and then as ...

, former President of the Czech Republic. *

Ivan Wilhelm Ivan Wilhelm (1 May 1942, Trnava) is a Czech nuclear physicist and former rector of the Charles University in Prague. Wilhelm graduated from the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of Czech Technical University in Prague with a ...

, Czech nuclear physicist and former Rector of

Charles University in Prague Charles University ( cs, Univerzita Karlova, UK; la, Universitas Carolina; german: Karls-Universität), also known as Charles University in Prague or historically as the University of Prague ( la, Universitas Pragensis, links=no), is the oldest an ...

References

External links

Party website
{{Authority control Political parties established in 2008 Liberal conservative parties in the Czech Republic Defunct political parties in the Czech Republic *