Svobodní

Svobodní, formerly known as Party of Free Citizens or the Free Citizens' Party (Czech: Strana svobodných občanů) until 2019,^[8] is a classic liberal and right-libertarian,^[2] Eurosceptic political party in the Czech Republic founded in 2009 by Petr Mach, an economist and professor of macroeconomics. Prior to assuming his position as an MEP, Mach taught economics at VŠFS and VŠEM (two private business colleges in Prague). The party is led by Libor Vondráček.

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Svobodní Svobodní

Leader	Libor Vondráček
Founded	14 February 2009; 16 years ago (2009-02-14)
Split from	Civic Democratic Party
Headquarters	Hráského 2231/25 148 00 Praha 4-Chodov, Prague
Newspaper	Beran Magazine
Membership (2023)	333^[1]
Ideology	Classical liberalism^[2] Right-libertarianism^[2] Libertarian conservatism^[2] Liberal conservatism^[3] National conservatism^[4] Euroscepticism^[5]^[6]
Political position	Right-wing^[7]
National affiliation	SPD–Tricolour–Svobodní–PRO
European Parliament group	Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (until 2019)
International affiliation	International Alliance of Libertarian Parties Interlibertarians
Colours	Green
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 200
Senate	1 / 81
European Parliament	0 / 21
Regional councils	0 / 675
Local councils	117 / 61,892
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Website
svobodni.cz
Politics of the Czech Republic Political parties Elections

Svobodní participated in the 2009 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic. Its platform called for a referendum on the introduction of the euro in the Czech Republic and the rejection of the Treaty of Lisbon. The party unsuccessfully negotiated with Declan Ganley to join his European Union-wide Libertas movement.^[9] Its symbol is the green outline of a ram's horns.^[10]^[11] After the 2014 European Parliament election, the party's MEP joined the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) group. Party is member of the International Alliance of Libertarian Parties and Interlibertarians.^[12]

Several county councilors successfully ran on the party's ballot in the 2010 local elections as thirty-eight councilors held positions, primarily in towns and small cities. The party fielded candidates in the 2014 local elections, increasing its number of councilors. There are elected councilors in city districts (Prague 3, Prague 18 and Brno-Slatina) and towns (Chrudim, Hodonín and Kutná Hora).

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The party may be described as libertarian, opposing high government involvement in the economy ^[13]^[14] and personal lives^[15] and the centralization of political power. Its free market advocates often adhere to the Austrian School of economics. They aim to lower tax rates, restrict state redistribution of wealth as much as possible.^[14]^[16] The party believes that downsizing the government would leave less opportunity for corruption, a problematic issue in Czech politics. They also say that Czech sovereignty is indispensable for a true democratic system and they see the respect for state free-making decisions as an analogy of respect for human freedom.^[15]^[17]

Chamber of Deputies

The party has contested four elections to the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Parliament.

More information Year, Leader ...

Year	Leader	Votes	Percentage	±
2010	Petr Mach	38,897	0.7%	0.7%
2013	Petr Mach	122,564	2.5%	1.7%
2017	Petr Mach	79,229	1.6%	0.9%
2021	Zuzana Majerová	148,457	2.8%	1.2%
Part of Tricolour–Svobodní–Soukromníci coalition, which won 0 seats in total

European Parliament

Election	List leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/−	EP Group
2009	Petr Mach	29,846	1.3 (#11)	0 / 21	New	−
2014	Petr Mach	79,540	5.2 (#7)	1 / 21	1	EFDD
2019^[a]	Vít Jedlička	15,492	0.7 (#13)	0 / 21	1	−
2024	Libor Vondráček	52,408	1.76 (#10)	0 / 21	0	−

Run jointly with Šťastné Česko (English translation "Happy Czechia")

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