European Democratic Party (Czech Republic)

This article is about the Czech political party. For the europarty of the same name, see European Democratic Party. For other uses, see European Democrats (disambiguation).

European Democratic Party Evropská demokratická strana
Leader	Jana Hybášková
Founded	2008
Dissolved	2010
Headquarters	Prague
Ideology	Conservative liberalism
Political position	Centre-right
European affiliation	None
International affiliation	None
European Parliament group	None
Colours	Blue and Yellow
Website
www.eds2009.cz
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The European Democratic Party (Czech: Evropská demokratická strana, EDS) is a Czech liberal conservative, Pro-European political party founded in November 2008, and chaired by Jana Hybášková.

Formation

EDS was registered with the Czech Ministry of the Interior in the week prior to 27 November 2008.^[1] It was announced to the public at the National Gallery in Prague on 26 November 2008.^[1]

Position

EDS focusses on the economic development of the Czech Republic, the adoption of the euro and energy security.^[2] It is for European integration and adopting European law in Czech legislation.^[1]^[3]

Nomenclature

EDS shares a name with the europarty called the European Democratic Party, but it is not connected with it.

People

EDS personnel include:

President: Jana Hybášková, former MEP.^[2]
Jana Ryšlinková,^[2] former Deputy Minister for Regional Development and member of the Prague council.
Věra Jourová,^[2] former Minister for Regional Development.
Jiří Šedivý,^[2] former army Chief of General Staff. The involvement of former senior members of the military in Czech politics is regarded as unusual.^[2]

Supporters

EDS supporters include:

Václav Havel, former President of the Czech Republic.^[1]
Ivan Wilhelm, Czech nuclear physicist and former Rector of Charles University in Prague.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Nováček na české politické scéně - Evropská demokratická strana (EDS)!!!", Nove Zeny, 27 November 2009, English translation here
1 2 3 4 5 6 "V týmu strany Hybáškové je bývalý šéf generálního štábu Šedivý", Ceske Noviny, 28 January 2009, English translation here
↑ "Nováček na české politické scéně – Evropská demokratická strana (EDS)", zpravodajstvi.ecn.cz via eConnect, 27 November 2008, English translation here

External links

Party website

Political parties in the Czech Republic

Bracketed numbers indicate numbers of seats in the respective chambers.

Chamber of Deputies 2013 (200 seats)	Czech Social Democratic Party (50) ANO 2011 (47) Communist Party (33) TOP 09 (26) Civic Democratic Party (16) Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (14) Dawn - National Coalition (9) Freedom and Direct Democracy (3) without party affiliation (2)

Senate 2014 (81 seats)	Czech Social Democratic Party (43) Civic Democratic Party (14) Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (4) STAN (3) ANO 2011 (4) Communist Party (2) Severočeši.cz (2) Green Party (2) TOP 09 (1) NK (1) Ostravak (1) Czech Pirate Party (1) Party of Civic Rights (1) non-affiliated (2)

European Parliament 2014 (21 seats)	ANO 2011 (4) TOP 09+STAN (4) Czech Social Democratic Party (4) Communist Party (3) Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (3) Civic Democratic Party (2) Party of Free Citizens (1)

Other parties	Crown of Bohemia National Socialists – 21st Century Left National Democracy Czech Sovereignty Workers' Party of Social Justice Czech National Social Party

Sources Chamber of Deputies Senate Statistical Office Politics of the Czech Republic Politics portal List of political parties by country

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