Czech Republic (European Parliament constituency)
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In European elections
, Czech Republic is a constituency of the
European Parliament
, currently represented by twenty-four MEPs. It covers the member state of the Czech Republic
.
was the sixth election to the European Parliament. However, as the Czech Republic had only joined the European Union
earlier that month, it was the first election European election held in that state.
On a very low turnout, the ruling Czech Social Democratic Party
suffered a heavy defeat, losing ground to both the conservative Civic Democratic Party and the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
. Debacle of his party was one of reasons for resignation of Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla
. Full results;
Elections in the European Union
Elections to the Parliament of the European Union take place every five years by universal adult suffrage. 736 MEPs are elected to the European Parliament which has been directly elected since 1979. No other body is directly elected although the Council of the European Union and European Council is...
, Czech Republic is a constituency of the
European Parliament constituency
Members of the European Parliament are elected by the population of the member states of the European Union , divided into constituencies....
European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
, currently represented by twenty-four MEPs. It covers the member state of 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....
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Current MEPs
As of October 2007| Name | National Party | EP group |
|---|---|---|
| Jana Bobošíková Jana Bobošíková Jana Bobošíková is a Czech politician and former Member of the European Parliament and was Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament.... |
independent | non attached |
| Jan Březina Jan Brezina Jan Březina is a Czech politician andMember of the European Parliamentwith the Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party,part of the European People's Party and sits on... |
KDU–ČSL | EPP–ED European People's Party–European Democrats The Group of the European People's Party , abbreviated to EPP Group, is a centre-right political group of the European Parliament... |
| Milan Cabrnoch Milan Cabrnoch Milan Cabrnoch is a Czech politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Civic Democratic Party,part of the European Conservatives and Reformists and sits on... |
Občanská demokratická strana | EPP–ED |
| Petr Duchoň Petr Duchon Petr Duchoň is a Czech politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Civic Democratic Party, part of the European Democrats and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control and its Committee on Transport and Tourism.He is a substitute for the Committee on... |
Občanská demokratická strana | EPP–ED |
| Hynek Fajmon Hynek Fajmon Hynek Fajmon is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Civic Democratic Party, part of the European Democrats and sits onthe European Parliament's Committee on Budgets.... |
Občanská demokratická strana | EPP–ED |
| Richard Falbr Richard Falbr Richard Falbr is a Czech politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Czech Social Democratic Party, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.He is a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, a member of... |
Česká strana sociálně demokratická | PES Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The... |
| Věra Flasarová Vera Flasarová Věra Flasarová is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia; part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left party group in the European Parliament.... |
Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia , abbreviated to KSČM, is a political party in the Czech Republic. It has a membership of 82,994 and is a member party of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left bloc in the European Parliament... |
GUE–NGL European United Left–Nordic Green Left European United Left/Nordic Green Left is a left-wing political group with seats in the European Parliament since 1995.-Position:According to its 1994 constituent declaration, the group is opposed to the present European political structure, but committed to integration... |
| Jana Hybášková Jana Hybášková Jana Hybášková is a Czech politician and diplomat, serving as the Ambassador of the European Union in Iraq . From 2004 to 2009, she was a Member of the European Parliament for the European People's Party... |
Evropští demokraté SNK European Democrats The SNK European Democrats , is a small liberal conservative political party in the Czech Republic, led by Zdeňka Marková. The first regular chairperson of this party was Jana Hybášková... |
EPP–ED |
| Jaromír Kohlíček Jaromír Kohlícek Jaromír Kohlíček is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia; part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left party group in the European Parliament.... |
Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy | GUE–NGL |
| Jiří Maštálka Jirí Maštálka Jiří Maštálka is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia; part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left party group in the European Parliament.... |
Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy | GUE–NGL |
| Miroslav Ouzký Miroslav Ouzký Miroslav Ouzký is a Czech Member of the European Parliament. He was elected on the Civic Democratic Party ticket and sits with the European Conservatives and Reformists group.-Biography:... |
Občanská demokratická strana | EPP–ED |
| Miloslav Ransdorf Miloslav Ransdorf Miloslav Ransdorf is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia; part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left party group in the European Parliament.... |
Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy | GUE–NGL |
| Vladimír Remek Vladimír Remek Vladimír Remek is the first Czechoslovak in space and the first cosmonaut from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States. As of 2004, with the entry of the Czech Republic into the European Union Vladimír Remek is considered to be the first astronaut from the EU... |
Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy | GUE–NGL |
| Zuzana Roithová Zuzana Roithová Zuzana Roithová is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party, part of the European People's Party and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.She is a... |
KDU–ČSL | EPP–ED |
| Libor Rouček Libor Roucek Libor Rouček is a Czech politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Czech Social Democratic Party,part of the Socialist Group and sits onthe European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs.... |
Česká strana sociálně demokratická | PES |
| Nina Škottová Nina Škottová Nina Škottová is a Czech politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Civic Democratic Party,part of the European Democrats and sits onthe European Parliament's Committee on Budgets.... |
Občanská demokratická strana | EPP–ED |
| Ivo Strejček Ivo Strejcek Ivo Strejček is a Czech politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Civic Democratic Party,part of the European Conservatives and Reformists and sits on... |
Občanská demokratická strana | EPP–ED |
| Daniel Strož Daniel Stroz Daniel Strož is a Czech politician and former Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia; part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left party group in the European Parliament.... |
Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy | GUE–NGL |
| Oldřich Vlasák Oldrich Vlasák Oldřich Vlasák is a Czech politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Civic Democratic Party,part of the European Conservatives and Reformists and sits on... |
Občanská demokratická strana | EPP–ED |
| Jan Zahradil Jan Zahradil Jan Zahradil is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Civic Democratic Party . He is the Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the European Parliament, a position that he's held since 8 March 2011.A scientific researcher by profession, Zahradil... |
Občanská demokratická strana | EPP–ED |
| Tomáš Zatloukal Tomáš Zatloukal Tomáš Zatloukal is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Union of Independents, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education.He is a substitute for the Committee on Budgets and a member of the Delegation to... |
SNK sdružení nezávislých SNK Union of Independents The SNK Union of Independents , or SNK , was a small political party in Czech Republic, led since May 2007 by Helmut Dohnálek.It... |
EPP–ED |
| Vladimír Železný Vladimír Železný Vladimír Železný is a media businessman, politician and convicted criminal in the Czech Republic. He was the first CEO of TV NOVA, a popular Czech television station and was a member of the European Parliament between 2004 and 2009... |
Nezávislí demokraté Independent Democrats (Czech Republic) Independent Democrats is small populist political party in the Czech Republic. Its founder Vladimír Železný, MEP, was elected its chairman during the party's convention on 6-7 August 2005. It advocates strict immigration policies, the abolition of the Senate, and review of the country's... |
ID Independence and Democracy The Independence/Democracy Group in the European Parliament was a group of eurosceptic and eurorealist political parties in the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It collapsed following the 2009 European elections after losing many of its MEPs.... |
| Josef Zieleniec Josef Zieleniec Doc. Ing. Josef Zieleniec, CSc. is a Czech politician and formerMember of the European Parliament. From 2004, he has been a member ofthe SNK-ED... |
SNK sdružení nezávislých | EPP–ED |
| Jaroslav Zvěřina Jaroslav Zverina Jaroslav Zvěřina is a Czech politician and former Member of the European Parliament with the Civic Democratic Party, part of the European Democrats and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs... |
Občanská demokratická strana | EPP–ED |
2004
The 2004 European electionEuropean Parliament election, 2004
Elections to the European Parliament were held from 10 June 2004 to 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom...
was the sixth election to the European Parliament. However, as the Czech Republic had only joined the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
earlier that month, it was the first election European election held in that state.
On a very low turnout, the ruling 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...
suffered a heavy defeat, losing ground to both the conservative Civic Democratic Party and the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia , abbreviated to KSČM, is a political party in the Czech Republic. It has a membership of 82,994 and is a member party of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left bloc in the European Parliament...
. Debacle of his party was one of reasons for resignation of Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla
Vladimír Špidla
Vladimír Špidla is a Czech politician. He served as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from July 2002 to June 2004. Then Vladimír Špidla was appointed to the European Commission as Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.-Biography:Špidla studied history at Charles...
. Full results;
External links
- European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
- List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu