Together (alliance)

Together (Czech: Spolu, stylized as SPOLU) is a Czech centre-right political alliance formed for the upcoming 2021 legislative election, consisting of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), KDU-ČSL, and TOP 09.

This page is about the Czech alliance. For the Slovak party, see SPOLU – občianska demokracia.
Together

Spolu
AbbreviationSPOLU
LeaderPetr Fiala[1]
Founded2020
IdeologyLiberal conservatism[2]
Christian democracy
Political positionCentre-right[3]
ColoursBlue
SloganPojďte s námi
Coalition PartnersODS
KDU–ČSL
TOP 09
Chamber of Deputies
40 / 200
Senate
39 / 81
European Parliament
8 / 21
Website
https://www.pojdtesnami.cz/

History

Following the 2020 regional elections, the Civic Democratic Party, KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 began negotiations about a potential conservative electoral alliance for the 2021 Czech legislative election.[4]

The ODS leadership agreed to form an alliance with the other parties on 25 October 2020.[5] Two days later party leaders Petr Fiala, Marian Jurečka and Markéta 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.[6] 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.[7] The alliance was known by media as the Three Coalition, but on 9 December 2020 the parties announced that they will run under the name "Together".[8]

Together introduced its electoral program and campaign on 9 December 2020.[9][3]

Composition
Name Ideology Position Leader/Leaders MPs Senators MEPs
Civic Democratic Party Conservatism Centre-right to right-wing Petr Fiala
23 / 200
22 / 81
4 / 21
KDU-ČSL Christian democracy Centre to centre-right Marian Jurečka
10 / 200
12 / 81
2 / 21
TOP 09 Liberal conservatism Centre-right Markéta Adamová
7 / 200
5 / 81
2 / 21

Regional leaders in the 2021 election
Region Leader[7] 2017 result
Name Party Votes Seats
Prague Markéta Adamová TOP 09 33.6%
9 / 24
Central Bohemian Jan Skopeček ODS 22.3%
7 / 26
South Bohemian TBD ODS 22.8%
4 / 13
Plzeň Martin Baxa ODS 20.4%
2 / 11
Karlovy Vary TBD ODS 14.9%
0 / 5
Ústí nad Labem TBD ODS 14.9%
1 / 13
Liberec Petr Beitl ODS 16.6%
1 / 8
Hradec Králové Ivan Adamec ODS 22.5%
2 / 11
Pardubice Pavel Svoboda TOP 09 22.0%
2 / 10
Vysočina Vít Kaňkovský KDU-ČSL 23.0%
2 / 10
South Moravian Petr Fiala ODS 25.4%
6 / 23
Olomouc Marian Jurečka KDU-ČSL 20.4%
2 / 12
Zlín Ondřej Benešík KDU-ČSL 24.0%
2 / 12
Moravian-Silesian Zbyněk Stanjura ODS 16.5%
3 / 22

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. "Jdeme do toho SPOLU, zní heslo ODS, lidovců a TOP 09 pro příští volby". iDNES.cz. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. "Pravicová trojkoalice ukázala předvolební kampaň. Jdeme do toho spolu, hlásí". Aktuálně.cz - Víte, co se právě děje (in Czech). 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. Prima, F. T. V. "Námluvy pokročily. Jak se pečou koalice proti Babišovi do velkých voleb?". cnn.iprima.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. "Pravicové strany směřují k očekávané volební koalici. V úterý mají podepsat memorandum". Lidovky.cz (in Czech). 25 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  6. "ODS, TOP 09 a KDU-ČSL půjdou do voleb společně. Chtějí je vyhrát". Česká televize. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  7. "Trojkoalice si rozdělila lídry. ODS 9, lidovci 3, topka 2". www.novinky.cz. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  8. "ODS, KDU-ČSL a TOP 09 jdou do voleb jako koalice SPOLU. Daly 17 slibů". www.seznamzpravy.cz. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. "ODS, KDU-ČSL a TOP 09 jdou do toho SPOLU a vyzývají občany: Pojďte s námi!". Parlamentní listy. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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