The National Party ( cs, Národní strana) was a

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political party in the

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. Petra Edelmannová was the last leader of the party.

Ideology and program

They were strongly opposed to Czech membership of the

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. Their main objectives were to restore a full national sovereignty by minimising influence of foreign institutions and to toughen the national immigration policies. The Party proposed the so-called "A

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to the Gypsy issue" to relocate the Roma population of the Czech Republic to India, based on perceived ethnic origins. On 28 October 2007 the Czech National Party established a paramilitary National Guard.

Downfall

Decline in party membership started showing in 2009. Resignation of the party's leader Petra Edelmannová on 1 December 2009 caused a disintegration of party's leadership and speeded up the process of downfall.
The party was dissolvedThe Administrative Court suspended the activities of the nationalist National Party
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