Public Affairs (political party)
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Public Affairs (Czech: Věci veřejné, VV, nicknamed véčkaři) was a political party in the Czech Republic.[11][12][13] Its main platform was transparency and opposition to political corruption. It had 24 seats in the 2010–2013 Chamber of Deputies. The party was led by anti-establishment investigative journalist and writer Radek John,[14] and later by Jiří Kohout.
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Public Affairs Věci veřejné | |
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Chairman | Fredegar Formen Stanislava Moravcová Jaroslav Škárka Radek John Vít Bárta Jiří Kohout |
Founded | 22 July 2002 |
Dissolved | 12 November 2015 |
Headquarters | Štefánikova 23/203, Prague 5 |
Newspaper | Věci veřejné |
Ideology | Conservative liberalism[1][2][3] Direct democracy[2][4] Populism[5][6] |
Political position | Centre[6][7][8] to centre-right[4][9][10] |
Colours | Light blue |
Besides opposing corruption, the party shares the fiscally conservative views of the other centre-right parties.[7] It had a number of right-wing populist policies.[15] The party lacked of a coherent ideology and gained voters across the political spectrum.[6] The party was supportive of direct democracy – the members of the party could change the course of the party by Internet referendums – and was pro-European Union.[4]