Alliance for the Future (Czech Republic)
Alliance for the Future (Czech: Aliance pro budoucnost, APB) is a political party in the Czech Republic, established in 2016 as the Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA). It considers itself to be successor of the previous Civic Democratic Alliance. It was established in September 2016 by current leader Pavel Sehnal,[4] and former Prime Minister Petr Nečas is also involved with the party.[5] The party participated in the 2017 legislative election and plans to participate in the 2018 municipal election.[6] The leaders of the original Civic Democratic Alliance are not involved with the party.[7]
Alliance for the Future Aliance pro budoucnost | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | APB |
| Leader | Pavel Sehnal |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Membership (2017) | 150[1] |
| Ideology | Conservative liberalism[2][3] Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Blue |
| Website | |
| alianceprobudoucnost.cz | |
Ideology edit
ODA is a conservative-liberal centre-right party. It supports the European Union and multiculturalism.[3]
History edit
The party was founded in December 2016 by Pavel Sehnal, CEO of SPGroup. The company is closely linked with the party and leading associates of the company became key members of the party. Sehnal said that the party is a successor to the original Civic Democratic Alliance.[4]
On 29 June 2017, ODA announced Vratislav Kulhánek as its presidential candidate for the 2018 presidential election, and started gathering signatures.[8]
On 17 July 2017, ODA announced that it would participate in the 2017 legislative election, co-operating with a political movement For Health and Sport.[9]
In August 2017, ODA started working with a controversial youtuber, Mikael Oganesjan, and controversial agency Plavec Media. This was criticised in the media.[10][11] The negative response on social media caused Sehnal to end the collaboration.[12]
Composition edit
| Name[13] | Ideology | Position | Leader | Current seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Democratic Alliance | Conservative liberalism | Centre-right | Pavel Sehnal | 0 / 200 | |
| Agrarian Democratic Party | Agrarianism | Centre-right | Petr Šrámek | 0 / 200 | |
| Order of the Nation | Conservatism | Right-wing | Michaela Rojtová | 0 / 200 | |
| Democratic Party of Greens | Green politics | Left-wing | Jiří Anderle | 0 / 200 | |
| Party of Common Sense | Conservatism | Right-wing | Petr Hannig | 0 / 200 | |
| Prague Without Chaos | Subsidiarity | Centre | Helena Kubcová | 0 / 200 | |
| Health Sport Prosperity | Conservative liberalism | Centre | Zdeněk Kubec | 0 / 200 | |
Election results edit
Chamber of Deputies edit
| Year | Leader | Vote | Vote % | Seats | Place | Govt? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Pavel Sehnal | 8,030 | 0.15 | 0 / 200 | 19th | extra-parliamentary |
| 2021 | Pavel Sehnal | 11,531 | 0.21 | 0 / 200 | 14th | extra-parliamentary |
Presidential edit
| Election | Candidate | First round result | Second round result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | %Votes | Result | Votes | %Votes | Result | ||
| 2018 | Vratislav Kulhánek | 24,442 | 0.47 | 9th place | |||
References edit
- ^ "Miliardář Sehnal promluvil o Nečasovi na kandidátce ODA. I cestě na severní pól". Blesk.cz. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ "ODA nakupuje členy. Přijďte si zaplavat, láká šéf partaje a miliardář Sehnal". Zprávy E15.cz. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ a b "EU je úspěšná. Míchání národů pomáhá byznysu i míru, říká miliardář Sehnal". iDNES.cz. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Miliardář Pavel Sehnal obnovuje značku ODA, v září stranu zaregistroval". iDNES.cz. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "Se zrodem nové ODA miliardáře Sehnala pomáhá expremiér Petr Nečas". seznam.cz. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "ODA je zpět. Strana miliardáře Sehnala oficiálně zahájila činnost". Euro.cz (in Czech). 25 January 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ . seznam.cz. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "ODA posílá do boje o Hrad bývalého šéfa Škodovky Kulhánka. Má velké šance, věří si strana". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 29 June 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "ODA půjde do voleb s hnutím Pro zdraví a sport. Reprezentují nám blízké hodnoty, tvrdí strana". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 17 July 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "ODA se chce zapsat do učebnic politického marketingu. Pomáhá jí s tím Mike Pán a Jan Plavec". m-journal.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Jak ODA s Mikešem k neštěstí přišla aneb spolupráce s youtuberem vás může také dokonale potopit" (in Slovak). 14 August 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Jan Plavec a MikeJePán dostali padáka od ODA. Jejich kumpán Kocourek stále podvádí a okrádá lidi a podnikatele". G.cz (in Czech). 19 August 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Seznam stran a hnutí ve volbách 2021".
External links edit
- Civic Democratic Alliance official site