Prague Together ( cs, Praha sobě, lit=Prague for itself) is an association of independent candidates in Prague. It was created for the

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Jan Čižinský Jan Čižinský (born 22 April 1978) is a Czech teacher and politician who has been serving as the mayor of Prague 7 since November 2014 and Member of the Prague City Assembly since October 2014. Čižinský is a leader of Prague Together asso ...

. The main representatives are Jan Čižinský and Hana Třeštíková. It was created on the basis of a similar initiative , which in 2014 won the elections to the municipal council of the

Prague 7 Prague 7 is a municipal district (''městská část'') in Prague, Czech Republic. The administrative district (''správní obvod'') of the same name consists of the quarters Letná, Holešovice, Bubny, Bubeneč, Troja as well as a small part of ...

district. The association is made up of active citizens, tries to connect with local associations and "to present itself as a principled alternative to the existing municipal establishment with the aim of winning the elections." For the 2022 Prague municipal election it was turned into a political party.

History

On 12 December 2017, the group announced that it intended to collect 100,000 signatures, which would allow it to run as an association of independent candidates under the Act on Municipal Council Elections. The motto of the petition was "A Prague that you can sign up for" ( cs, Praha, pod kterou se můžete podepsat.) Prague Together eventually collected 97,095 signatures and launched its campaign for the

based on volunteers. Prague Together received 16.57% of votes finishing third. The movement then became part of the governing coalition in Prague. Prague Together tried to collect 100,000 signatures for the 2022 Prague municipal election but failed having gathered only 92,565 signatures and thus ran as a political party. The party finished 4th, with 14.73% of the vote.

Election results

Prague municipal elections

References

{{reflist Politics of Prague Liberal parties in the Czech Republic Political parties in the Czech Republic Political parties established in 2017 KDU-ČSL breakaway groups 2017 establishments in the Czech Republic