The National Socialists – Left of the 21st century (Czech: Národní socialisté – levice 21. století, NÁR.SOC.) also known as Left 21 (Levice 21, LEV 21)[1] was a left-wing political party in the Czech Republic founded in October 2011 by Jiří Paroubek, former Prime Minister and former leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD).[2]
National Socialists Národní socialisté | |
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| Founder | Jiří Paroubek |
| Founded | 1 November 2011 |
| Dissolved | 28 May 2022 |
| Split from | Czech Social Democratic Party |
| Merged into | Czech National Social Party |
| Headquarters | Radlická 58, Prague |
| Ideology | Left-wing nationalism Euroscepticism |
| Colours | Red |
Former Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek was elected chairman of his newly founded party at the constituent congress on 26 November.[3] In the year 2012, the party had two representatives in the 200-seat Chamber of Deputies, Paroubek and Jiří Šlégr (ex-ČSSD).[4]
The party name was a reference to the historical Czech National Social Party, and as such they did not advocate for Nazism. NÁR.SOC. wanted to follow up the tradition of the socialist nationalists in the First Czechoslovak Republic.[5] Nevertheless, in the 2017 Czech legislative election, LEV 21 allied with the Czech Neo-Nazi party, Workers' Party of Social Justice.
Election results
editChamber of Deputies
edit| Date | Leader | Votes | Seats | Position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | Size | |||
| 2013 | Jiří Paroubek | 3,843 | 0.08 | 0 / 200
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18th | Opposition |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Who will feed ex-Czech PM Jiří Paroubek's new party? | Czech Position". www.ceskapozice.cz. Archived from the original on 2011-10-27.
- ^ http://www.ceskapozice.cz/en/news/politics-policy/ex-czech-pm-jiri-paroubek-his-new-‘left-21’-party [dead link]
- ^ "Prague Post".
- ^ "Whoops, that link seems to be broken - sorry! » Prague Monitor / Czech News in English".
- ^ "Former PM Paroubek becomes head of new party LEV 21 | Prague Monitor". Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2012-01-12.