ČSSD – Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy ( cs, ČSSD – Česká suverenita sociální demokracie), until 29 June 2023 known as Czech Sovereignty ( cs, Česká Suverenita), formerly also known Free Bloc ( cs, VOLNÝ blok) and Sovereignty – Jana Bobošíková Bloc ( cs, SUVERENITA – Blok Jany Bobošíkové), is a small

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History

Origins

The

Party of Common Sense Party of Common Sense ( cs, Strana zdravého rozumu) is a Czech nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a pa ...

(''Strana zdravého rozumu''), led by

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, took part in the 2002 election to the

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three months after its foundation, winning 0.2% of the vote. This increased to 0.5% of the vote in the 2006 election. In 2009, the Party of Common Sense began cooperating with former

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MEP

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(elected in 2004 for the Independents), her party

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, and other independent candidates. This

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ran in the 2009 European election under the name 'Sovereignty', led by Bobošíková. The list came fifth, winning 4.3% of the vote, just short of the 5% threshold for representation. The Party of Common Sense changed its name to 'Sovereignty – Party of Common Sense' (''Suverenita – Strana zdravého rozumu''), and won 3.7% in the 2010 election, again falling short of parliamentary representation. The cooperation between the two parties subsequently ended.

Founding and ''Free Bloc''

Sovereignty – Jana Bobošiková Bloc was established in 2011 in Prague, after the break-up of the Sovereignty – Party of Common Sense

. It was described as

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. In January 2014, the party changed its name to Czech Sovereignty, and former Czech Social Democratic Party MP Jana Volfová became party chair. She led the party until February 2024. The party changed its name to Free Bloc (''Volný blok'') when Lubomír Volný, an MP for the Freedom and Direct Democracy party, joined Czech Sovereignty and became its parliamentary leader. Free Bloc won 1.33% of the vote in the 2021 election, falling short of parliamentary representation. In January 2022 the party changed its name back to Czech Sovereignty. During this time it was described as

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ČSSD – Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy

Former

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joined the party in February 2024, and became party chair in the same month. The party is described as

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during this period.

Election results

Chamber of Deputies

European Parliament Election

References

External links

Official website
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