Spolu (Czech Republic)

Spolu (English: Together) is a Czech centre-right political alliance formed for the 2021 legislative election, composed of the Civic Democratic Party, KDU-ČSL, and TOP 09. As of the 2021 Czech election it governs the Czech Republic in a coalition with the Pirates and Mayors alliance.

This page is about the Czech alliance. For the Slovak party, see SPOLU – občianska demokracia.
Spolu
English nameTogether
AbbreviationSPOLU
LeaderPetr Fiala[1]
Founded2020
IdeologyLiberal conservatism
Christian democracy
Political positionCentre-right[2]
ColoursBlue
Coalition PartnersODS
KDU–ČSL
TOP 09
Chamber of Deputies
71 / 200
Senate
39 / 81
European Parliament
8 / 21
Regional councils
171 / 675
Governors of the regions
5 / 13
Local councils
6,706 / 61,892
Prague City Assembly
23 / 65
Website
https://www.spolu21.cz/

History

Following the 2020 regional elections, the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 began negotiations about a potential centre-right electoral alliance for the 2021 legislative election.[3]

The ODS leadership agreed to form an alliance with the other parties on 25 October 2020.[4] Two days later party leaders Petr Fiala, Marian Jurečka and Markéta Pekarová Adamová signed a memorandum and announced that ODS, KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 would form an electoral alliance for the next legislative election, with ODS leader Fiala as the alliance's candidate for Prime Minister.[5] On 11 November 2020, the parties agreed that ODS would nominate the leaders of the election lists in nine regions, KDU-ČSL in three regions, and TOP 09 in two regions.[6] The alliance was known by media as the Three Coalition, but on 9 December 2020 the parties announced that they would run under the name Spolu ("Together").[7]

Spolu introduced its electoral programme and campaign on 9 December 2020.[8] Ahead of the election, opinion polls suggested that ANO 2011 would win, but in an electoral upset Spolu won the highest number of votes, and opposition parties won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies.[9] The opposition parties signed a memorandum agreeing to nominate Spolu leader Petr Fiala for the position of Prime Minister.[10] On 9 November, President Miloš Zeman formally asked Fiala to form a new government.[11] On 17 November 2021, Fiala introduced Zeman to his proposed cabinet and Zeman agreed to appoint Fiala as the new Prime Minister on 26 November 2021.[12] In November 2021 Petr Fiala said he would like to continue with the Spolu coalition into the 2022 Senate and municipal elections.[13]

Composition
Name Ideology Leader/Leaders MPs Senators MEPs
Civic Democratic Party Liberal conservatism Petr Fiala
34 / 200
22 / 81
4 / 21
KDU-ČSL Christian democracy Marian Jurečka
23 / 200
12 / 81
2 / 21
TOP 09 Liberal conservatism Markéta Pekarová Adamová
14 / 200
5 / 81
2 / 21

Regional leaders in the 2021 election
Region Leader[6] Election result
Name Party Votes Seats
Prague Markéta Pekarová Adamová TOP 09 40.0%
11 / 23
Central Bohemian Jan Skopeček ODS 28.7%
10 / 26
South Bohemian Jan Bauer ODS 29.1%
5 / 13
Plzeň Martin Baxa ODS 26.6%
4 / 11
Karlovy Vary Jan Bureš ODS 20.2%
1 / 5
Ústí nad Labem Karel Krejza ODS 19.8%
3 / 14
Liberec Petr Beitl ODS 22.8%
2 / 8
Hradec Králové Ivan Adamec ODS 28.6%
4 / 11
Pardubice Pavel Svoboda TOP 09 28.5%
4 / 10
Vysočina Vít Kaňkovský KDU-ČSL 28.0%
4 / 10
South Moravian Petr Fiala ODS 30.0%
9 / 23
Olomouc Marian Jurečka KDU-ČSL 24.5%
4 / 12
Zlín Ondřej Benešík KDU-ČSL 27.8%
4 / 12
Moravian-Silesian Zbyněk Stanjura ODS 20.6%
6 / 22

Election results
Year Leader Vote Vote % Seats +/- Place Position
2021 Petr Fiala 1,493,701 27.8
71 / 200
 29 1st Government

Footnotes
  1. "Kandidát ODS, TOP 09 a KDU-ČSL na premiéra je Fiala, strany zachovají kluby". iDNES.cz. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  2. "Czech election: Opposition wins surprise majority". Deutsche Welle. 9 October 2021.
  3. "Námluvy pokročily. Jak se pečou koalice proti Babišovi do velkých voleb?". cnn.iprima.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  4. "Pravicové strany směřují k očekávané volební koalici. V úterý mají podepsat memorandum". Lidovky.cz (in Czech). 25 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. "ODS, TOP 09 a KDU-ČSL půjdou do voleb společně. Chtějí je vyhrát". Česká televize. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  6. "Trojkoalice si rozdělila lídry. ODS 9, lidovci 3, topka 2". www.novinky.cz. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  7. "ODS, KDU-ČSL a TOP 09 jdou do voleb jako koalice SPOLU. Daly 17 slibů". www.seznamzpravy.cz. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  8. "Pravicová trojkoalice ukázala předvolební kampaň. Jdeme do toho spolu, hlásí". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. "Spolu vyhrálo volby. Petr Fiala může být nový český premiér". E15.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  10. "Czech opposition parties form majority alliance, sign memorandum for new government". www.expats.cz. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  11. Mortkowitz, Siegfried (9 November 2021). "Czech president taps Petr Fiala to lead new government". Politico. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  12. "Fiala bude premiérem 26. listopadu, Zemanovi představil jména ministrů". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  13. "Fiala chce udržet koalici SPOLU i pro komunální a senátní volby v roce 2022". ČT24 (in Czech). Česká televize. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
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