Freedom and Direct Democracy – Tomio Okamura ( Czech : Svoboda a přímá demokracie – Tomio Okamura , SPD ) is a hard Eurosceptic , [5] anti-immigration and pro- direct democratic political party in the Czech Republic . The party holds 22 seats in the Czech Chamber of Deputies .
History
The party was founded in May 2015 by Tomio Okamura and Radim Fiala from the Dawn of Direct Democracy, now Dawn – National Coalition . Since the party did not exist before the Czech legislature 2013 , the then 8 parliament members of this party were officially called „Independents“ until the 2017 Czech legislative election . Following that election, the party now holds 22 seats in the Czech Chamber of Deputies .
Freedom and Direct Democracy is named after the European Parliament Eurosceptic political group Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy . [15] [16] [17] The party has links with Marine The Pen ’s National Front which is a member of the Europe of Nations and Freedom , a separate Eurosceptic political group in the European Parliament [18] and Marine Le Pen endorsed SPD before the 2017 Czech legislative election . [19]
In December 2017, SPD hosted a conference of the Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom in Prague , with parties such as the French National Front , Dutch Party for Freedom, Freedom Party of Austria and Lega Nord of Italy. [20]
Organization
Membership
Tomio Okamura often claims that SPD has a membership of thousands of members. In October 2017 he claimed that SPD has 7,000 members. [21] In November 2017 that SPD has 12,000 members. Doubt has been cast on these figures, with the suggestion that Okamura often conflates numbers of supporters with actual members. It was reported in 2015 that SPD had only 20 members, compared to Okamura’s claims of 10,000. The actual number of members is unknown. [3]
Election results
Chamber of Deputies
| year | Vote | Vote% | seats | ± | Square | Government? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 |
8/200
|
Split from Dawn | No. | |||
| 2017 | 538.574 | 10.64 |
22/200
|
14 | 4th | TBA |
Senate
| Election | First round | Second round | seats | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| votes | % | places | votes | % | places | |||
| 2016 | 5,988 | 0.68 | 20th |
0/27
|
||||
| 2018 | 759 | 3.34 | 7th |
0/1
|
By-election in Trutnov district. | |||
Presidential election
| Election | candidate | First round result | Second round result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| votes | Votes% | result | votes | Votes% | result | ||
| 2018 | Miloš Zeman | ||||||
Regional election
| year | Vote | Vote% | seats | +/- | Square | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 153.099 | 5.7 |
18/675
|
6th | Participated in coalition with Party of Civic Rights |
References
- Jump up^ „Seznam politických stran a hnutí – Ministerstvo vnitra České republiky“ . aplikace.mvcr.cz .
- Jump up^ demokracie, SPD – Svoboda a přímá. „Tomio Okamura: První číslo nových novin SPD – Na vlastní oči | SPD – Svoboda a přímá demokracie“ . www.spd.cz . Retrieved 15 September 2017 .
- ^ Jump up to:a b „Tisíc sem, tisíc tam Okamura neví, kolik má jeho hnutí SPD členů V televizi opět nemluvil pravdu“ . Info.cz (in Czech) . Retrieved 9 December2017 .
- Jump up^ demokracie, SPD – Svoboda a přímá. „Program – SPD – Svoboda a přímá demokracie“ . www.spd.cz .
- ^ Jump up to:a b „France’s Le Pen annonce far-right bloc of anti-EU MEPs“ . BBC . Retrieved 3 July 2016 .
- Jump up^ „Okamura registers new anti-immigrant party Freedom and Direct Democracy“ . spd.cz . Retrieved 3 July 2016 .
- Jump up^ „Czech far-right leader Tomio Okamura urges citizens to walk to the nearest country . Retrieved 3 July 2016 .
- Jump up^ „Volební zisky evropské krajní pravice jsou zatím vyšší než české“ . ceskapozice.lidovky.cz (in Czech). December 23, 2016 . Retrieved 16 September 2017 .
- Jump up^ „Revoluce v Evropě? Něco is deceived, podívejte becomes na Česko, píše se v Británii“ . EuroZprávy.cz . Retrieved 15 September 2017 .
- Jump up^ Beran, Vojtěch (13 November 2016). „42“ vlasteneckých „a nacionalistických skupin v Česku“ . Echo24.cz (in Czech) . Retrieved 15 September 2017 .
- Jump up^ Far-right success surprise scores in Czech election. Reuters. Authors – Robert Muller and Jan Lopatka. Published October 21, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
- Jump up^ Far-Right Czech election ‚kingmaker‘ calls for referendum on EU membership ‚just like Britain‘. The Telegraph. Author – Matthew Day. Published 19 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- Jump up^ Babiš Czech Republic: too thin a gruel? . openDemocracy. Author – Michal Simecka. Published 20 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017
- Jump up^ Ultra-right parts in EU nations score surging popularity in recent surveys. PRESSTV. Published 11 February 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- Jump up^ „“ Rozhovor Tomia Okamury pro EuroZprávy.cz “ . Retrieved 25 May2016 .
- Jump up^ „Okamura a Fiala skončili v hnutí Úsvit, zakládají novou stranu“ . Retrieved 25 May 2016 .
- Jump up^ https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1096898594-udalosti-komentare/4322-rekli-v-udalostech-komentarich/?strana=4ArchivedOctober 9, 2015, at theWayback Machine.
- Jump up^ „Tomio Okamura svolal všechny své lidi a bylo rušno: Nepřátelští vetřelci! Pokus o vraždu. Delegace od Marine The Pen i provolání k Zemanovi“ . Retrieved 25 May 2016 .
- Jump up^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QM5QkCyQzM
- Jump up^ http://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/the-pen-to-appear-at-december-event-with-okamura-in-prague
- Jump up^ „Okamura chce s SPD do vlády, Podmínkou je pro něj zákon o referendu“ . Euro.cz (in Czech). October 6, 2017 . Retrieved 9 December2017 .