ČSSD – Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy (), until 29 June 2023 known as Czech Sovereignty (), formerly also known as Free Bloc () and Sovereignty – Jana Bobošíková Bloc (), is a small

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History

Origins

The Party of Common Sense (''Strana zdravého rozumu''), led by Petr Hannig, 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 Jana Bobošíková (elected in 2004 for the Independents), her party Politika 21, 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 breakup 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

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MP Jana Volfová became party chairwoman until February 2024. The party changed its name to Free Bloc (''Volný blok'') when Lubomír Volný, an MP for the

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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. The party changed its name back to Czech Sovereignty in January 2022 when it was described as

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ČSSD – Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy

Former Czech Prime Minister

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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

References

External links

Official website
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