Liberal Environmental Party ( cs, Liberálně-ekologická strana, LES) is a green-liberal

political party in the Czech Republic This is a list of political parties in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic has a multi-party system. Due to the electoral system used, a limited number of parties are successful in each parliamentary election. Parliamentary parties There a ...

. It was established by

Martin Bursík Martin Bursík (born 12 August 1959 in Prague) is a Czech Republic, Czech politician. Bursík has twice served as Ministry of the Environment (Czech Republic), Minister of the Environment and is also former chairman of the Green Party (Czech Re ...

as a split from

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...

. The party is pro-European and supports Václav Havel's legacy.

History

The LES participated in the

2014 European Parliament election The 2014 European Parliament election was held in the European Union, from 22 to 25 May 2014. It was the 8th parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first in which the European political parties fielded candid ...

but failed to win any seats, receiving 7544 votes (0.49%). The party announced on 12 July 2017 that it would participate in the 2017 legislative election on the

electoral list An electoral list is a grouping of candidates for election, usually found in proportional or mixed electoral systems, but also in some plurality electoral systems. An electoral list can be registered by a political party (a party list) or can ...

s of

TOP 09 TOP 09 (name derived from cs, Tradice Odpovědnost Prosperita, lit=Tradition Responsibility Prosperity) is a liberal-conservative political party in the Czech Republic, led by Markéta Pekarová Adamová. TOP 09 holds 14 seats in the Chamber of ...

Electoral results

European parliament

Footnotes

External links

Official party website
(in Czech) Green political parties in the Czech Republic Green liberalism Liberal parties in the Czech Republic Political parties established in 2013 Pro-European political parties in the Czech Republic TOP 09 Green Party (Czech Republic) breakaway groups 2013 establishments in the Czech Republic {{green-party-stub