The Party of Free Citizens or (Free Citizens Party) is a eurosceptical

Euroscepticism

Euroscepticism is a general term used to describe criticism of the European Union , and opposition to the process of European integration, existing throughout the political spectrum. Traditionally, the main source of euroscepticism has been the notion that integration weakens the nation state...

 political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 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....

 founded in 2009 by Petr Mach

Petr Mach

Petr Mach is Czech economist and politician.Mach was chairman of the Young Conservatives, the Civic Democratic Party's youth wing, in 1997...

, an external economic advisor of Czech president

President of the Czech Republic

The President of the Czech Republic is the head of state of the Czech Republic. Unlike his counterparts in Austria and Hungary, who are generally considered figureheads, the Czech President has a considerable role in political affairs...

 Václav Klaus

Václav Klaus

Václav Klaus is the second President of the Czech Republic and a former Prime Minister .An economist, he is co-founder of the Civic Democratic Party, the Czech Republic's largest center-right political party. Klaus is a eurosceptic, but he reluctantly endorsed the Lisbon treaty as president of...

.

It intends to contest the 2009 EP election

European Parliament election, 2009 (Czech Republic)

The European Parliament election of 2009 in Czech Republic was the election of the delegation from Czech Republic to the European Parliament in 2009....

 in the Czech Republic; among its goals are the failure of the Treaty of Lisbon

Treaty of Lisbon

The Treaty of Lisbon of 1668 was a peace treaty between Portugal and Spain, concluded at Lisbon on 13 February 1668, through the mediation of England, in which Spain recognized the sovereignty of Portugal's new ruling dynasty, the House of Braganza....

 and forcing a referendum on introduction of the euro

Introduction of the euro

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 in the Czech Republic. It was in talks with Declan Ganley

Declan Ganley

Declan James Ganley is a British-born Irish citizen, entrepreneur, businessman and political activist. He is founder and chairman of a political party, Libertas with pan-European ambitions...

 to be part of his EU-wide Libertas movement, but the talks failed. Its logo is a ram on a green field.

Chamber of Deputies

Year	# of total votes	Vote %	Seats
2010 Czech legislative election, 2010 A legislative election in the Czech Republic took place on 28–29 May 2010. The election had been expected to take place some time before the end of 2009 to elect the members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic...	38 897	0,74 %	0

European Parliament

Year	# of total votes	Vote %	Seats
2009 European Parliament election, 2009 (Czech Republic) The European Parliament election of 2009 in Czech Republic was the election of the delegation from Czech Republic to the European Parliament in 2009....	29 846	1,27 %	0

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