Freedom and Direct Democracy
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Freedom and Direct Democracy (Czech: Svoboda a přímá demokracie, SPD) is a political party in the Czech Republic.[14] It is led by Tomio Okamura and it holds 20 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.
Freedom and Direct Democracy Svoboda a přímá demokracie | |
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Abbreviation | SPD |
Leader | Tomio Okamura |
Deputy Leaders | Radim Fiala Ivan David Radek Rozvoral Radovan Vích |
Founded | 5 May 2015; 9 years ago (2015-05-05) |
Split from | Dawn of Direct Democracy |
Headquarters | Rytířská 6, Prague[1] |
Newspaper | Na vlastní oči[2] |
Youth wing | Mladí Espéďáci |
Membership (2022) | 10,682[3] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Right-wing to far-right |
European affiliation | Identity and Democracy Party |
European Parliament group | Identity and Democracy |
Colours | Blue |
Chamber of Deputies | 20 / 200 |
Senate | 0 / 81 |
European Parliament | 1 / 21 |
Regional councils | 35 / 675 |
Governors of the regions | 0 / 13 |
Local councils | 492 / 62,300 |
Website | |
http://www.spd.cz/ | |
It has been described as right-wing[15][16] or far-right[4][17][18][19] on the political spectrum,[20][21][22] and has also been described as a "parliamentary fascist party".[9][10] The party expresses opposition to immigration[11][23] and it is staunchly Eurosceptic,[13] while in their political program they state their support for direct democracy.[5]
At the end of 2022 the party had 10,682 members and is the fastest growing party in the country in terms of members.[3]