The Freedom Union–Democratic Union is a small, pro-european

Pro-European

Pro-European is a subjective term applied to a person who supports the idea of European unification and generally supports further 'deepening' of European integration, specifically in the context of political argument over the current and future status of the EU and its policies.-The Pro-European...

 liberal party in the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

. As of 2008, it does not have any seats in the Czech Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies

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 and has 1 senator in "Open Democracy" Caucus in the Senate

Senate of the Czech Republic

The Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic , usually referred to as Senát, is the upper chamber of the Parliament of the Czech Republic...

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The party was founded in 1998 as Freedom Union (Unie Svobody), as a split from the Civic Democratic Party. From 2002 till 2006, it was part of the Czech government

Government

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, forming a coalition with the Czech Social Democratic Party

Czech Social Democratic Party

The Czech Social Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic.-History:The Social Democratic Czechoslavonic party in Austria was founded on 7 April 1878 in Austria-Hungary representing the Kingdom of Bohemia in the Austrian parliament...

 and the Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party. As a part of government, the party started to lose members and support. It suffered a stinging defeat in the 2004 regional councils and European Parliament

European Parliament election, 2004 (Czech Republic)

The European Parliament election of 2004 in the Czech Republic was the election of MEP representing Czech Republic constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election....

 elections. In the 2006 legislative election

Czech legislative election, 2006

Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 2 and 3 June 2006.The pre-election campaign was fierce and mostly negative. A major scandal broke out few days before the election. The two largest parties had profited from the divisive campaign – both had obtained the highest percentage...

 it received just 0.3% votes and lost all its seats in the Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic

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, which led to the resignation of its leader, Pavel Němec. Current leader, Jan Černý, was elected on June 3, 2007.

Election results

• 1998 Chamber of Deputies
  Czech legislative election, 1998
  Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 19 and 20 June 1998. The result was a victory for the Czech Social Democratic Party, which won 74 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 73.9%.-Results:...
  
  : 8.6 % - 19 seats
• 1998 Senate: 1 seat
• 2000 Senate: 8 seats
• 2002 Chamber of Deputies
  Czech legislative election, 2002
  Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 14 and 15 June 2002. The result was a victory for the Czech Social Democratic Party, which won 70 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 57.9%.-Results:...
  
  : 9 seats (in coalition with KDU–ČSL, 14.3 %)
• 2002 Senate: 1 seat
• 2004 Senate: 1 seat
• 2004 European Parliament:
  European Parliament election, 2004 (Czech Republic)
  The European Parliament election of 2004 in the Czech Republic was the election of MEP representing Czech Republic constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election....
  
   no seats (as part of Union of liberal democrats 1,7 %)
• 2006 Chamber of Deputies
  Czech legislative election, 2006
  Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 2 and 3 June 2006.The pre-election campaign was fierce and mostly negative. A major scandal broke out few days before the election. The two largest parties had profited from the divisive campaign – both had obtained the highest percentage...
  
  : 0.3% - no seats
• 2006 Senate: no seats
• 2008 Senate: no seats

See also

• List of liberal parties
• Liberalism in the Czech lands
  Liberalism in the Czech lands
  This article gives an overview of liberalism in the Czech Lands. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ denotes another party in that scheme...
  
  
• Elections in the Czech Republic
  Elections in the Czech Republic
  Elections in the Czech Republic gives information on election and election results in the Czech Republic.The Czech Republic elects on national level a legislature. The Parliament has two chambers...
  
  

External links

• Freedom Union–Democratic Union official site