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The European Democrats were founded by Kasl, who resigned from his post as Mayor of Prague in protest at the policies of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), Prague's municipal government. In the 2002 municipal elections in Prague, the ED won 15 seats, finishing in second place and becoming the main opposition party.[citation needed] In the 2004 Senate elections, they won one seat out of 27.[citation needed] Kasl remained the party's chairman until the party merged with SNK.
Merger negotiations began immediately after the positive results in the 2004 elections, and the result was that the two parties united into one, named the SNK European Democrats. The extended delay to the merger was because according to Czech law, "if two parties unite to form a new party then they would lose their right on the money for their mandates" (950 000 CZK per senator per year and around 12 000 000 CZK for all their seats in Prague's municipal government), and these funds were crucial for the forthcoming parliament elections. No formal chairman was appointed;[citation needed] instead, the merged party was led by Josef Zieleniec as the "Political Leader" and Jan Kasl as the "Executive Vice Chairman."
The new party hoped to win support from voters who were tired of mainstream political parties.[citation needed] However, there were tensions between former SNK and ED members and a dispute over funding, when Social Democrat Finance Minister Bohuslav Sobotka refused to pay out the money for ED's seats in Prague's municipal government (around 15 000 000 CZK), despite declarations from the Czech Ombudsman, and the Supreme Administrative and Constitutional Court that ED had the right to these funds. In the end the SNK European Democrats' campaign for the 2006 general election was unsuccessful, finishing with 2.1% of the vote and failing to have any representatives elected.[citation needed]
Jana Hybášková, elected as an MEP, became the party's first regular chairperson.[citation needed]
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For other uses see European Democrats disambiguation You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Czech October 2017 Click show for important translation instructions Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Czech Wikipedia article at cs SNK Evropsti demokrate see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated cs SNK Evropsti demokrate to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources SNK European Democrats news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message The SNK European Democrats Czech SNK Evropsti demokrate is a political party in the Czech Republic led by Zdenka Markova The first regular chairperson of this party was Jana Hybaskova The party was created in January 2006 by the merger of two Czech political parties SNK Union of Independents Czech SNK sdruzeni nezavislych led by the former Foreign Minister Josef Zieleniec and the European Democrats Czech Evropsti demokrate led by Jan Kasl the former Mayor of the City of Prague citation needed SNK European Democrats SNK Evropsti demokrateLeaderZdenka MarkovaFounded2006Merger ofSNK Union of Independents European DemocratsHeadquartersMala Stepanska 7 PragueIdeologyLiberal conservatismPro EuropeanismPolitical positionCentre to centre rightEuropean Parliament groupEPP ED 2004 2009 ColoursBlue YellowChamber of Deputies0 200Senate0 81European Parliament0 21Regional councils8 675Governors of the regions0 13Regional coalitions2 13Websitewww snked czPolitics of the Czech RepublicPolitical partiesElections Contents 1 European Democrats 2 SNK Union of Independents 3 Cooperation and merger 3 1 Election results 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksEuropean Democrats EditThe European Democrats were founded by Kasl who resigned from his post as Mayor of Prague in protest at the policies of the Civic Democratic Party ODS Prague s municipal government In the 2002 municipal elections in Prague the ED won 15 seats finishing in second place and becoming the main opposition party citation needed In the 2004 Senate elections they won one seat out of 27 citation needed Kasl remained the party s chairman until the party merged with SNK SNK Union of Independents EditMain article SNK Union of IndependentsCooperation and merger EditAlthough the two parties did not merge until 2006 they had already formed an alliance prior to the 2004 European Parliament elections winning 11 of the vote with three MEPs elected Josef Zieleniec Jana Hybaskova and Tomas Zatloukal citation needed Merger negotiations began immediately after the positive results in the 2004 elections and the result was that the two parties united into one named the SNK European Democrats The extended delay to the merger was because according to Czech law if two parties unite to form a new party then they would lose their right on the money for their mandates 950 000 CZK per senator per year and around 12 000 000 CZK for all their seats in Prague s municipal government and these funds were crucial for the forthcoming parliament elections No formal chairman was appointed citation needed instead the merged party was led by Josef Zieleniec as the Political Leader and Jan Kasl as the Executive Vice Chairman The new party hoped to win support from voters who were tired of mainstream political parties citation needed However there were tensions between former SNK and ED members and a dispute over funding when Social Democrat Finance Minister Bohuslav Sobotka refused to pay out the money for ED s seats in Prague s municipal government around 15 000 000 CZK despite declarations from the Czech Ombudsman and the Supreme Administrative and Constitutional Court that ED had the right to these funds In the end the SNK European Democrats campaign for the 2006 general election was unsuccessful finishing with 2 1 of the vote and failing to have any representatives elected citation needed Jana Hybaskova elected as an MEP became the party s first regular chairperson citation needed Election results Edit 2002 Chamber of Deputies SNK 2 78 no seats 2002 Senate SNK 2 seats ED no seats 2002 Prague s municipal government SNK no seats ED 15 seats 2004 Senate SNK 1 seat ED 1 seat 2004 European Parliament SNK and ED in coalition 11 02 3 seats 2006 Chamber of Deputies 2 1 no seats 2006 Senate no seats 2008 Senate no seatsSee also EditLiberal conservatism European People s Party European Democrats Liberal democracy Liberalism worldwide List of liberal partiesReferences EditExternal links EditSNK European Democrats official site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SNK European Democrats amp oldid 1135211831, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
