The National Socialists – Left of the 21st century (, NÁR.SOC.) also known as Left 21 () was a

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in the

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founded in October 2011 by

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, former

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and former leader of the

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(ČSSD). Former Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek was elected chairman of his newly founded party at the constituent congress on 26 November. In the year 2012, the party had two representatives in the 200-seat

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, Paroubek and

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(ex-ČSSD). The party name was a reference to the historical popular-socialist

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, founded in 1897, and as such they did not advocate for German Nazism. National Socialists wanted to follow up the tradition of the left-wing Czechoslovak independence movement in the

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. Nevertheless, in the

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, LEV 21 allied with the Czech Neo-Nazi party,

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. In 2011, the Paroubek's National Socialists wanted to merge with the Czech National Socialist Party, so that Paroubek's party would have historical succession with the original Czech National Social Party, but the parties ultimately did not legally merge, only some Czech National Socialist Party members switched to the Paroubek's National Socialists. On 28 May 2022, the National Socialists, and also the Czech National Socialist Party, "merged" into the original Czech National Social Party (the party dissolved and its members re-registered as members of the original Czech National Social Party).

Election results

Chamber of Deputies

References

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Election results

Chamber of Deputies

See also

References