SNK European Democrats
Czech political party
The SNK European Democrats (Czech: SNK Evropští demokraté) is a political party in the Czech Republic, led by Zdeňka Marková. The first regular chairperson of this party was Jana Hybášková. The party was created in January 2006 by the merger of two Czech non-parliamentary political parties – SNK Association of Independents (Czech: SNK sdružení nezávislých), led by the former Foreign Minister Josef Zieleniec, and the European Democrats (Czech: Evropští demokraté), led by Jan Kasl, the former Mayor of Prague.
European Democrats
The European Democrats were founded by Kasl, who resigned from his post as Mayor of Prague in protest at the policies of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), Prague's municipal government. In the 2002 Prague municipal election, the ED won 15 seats, finishing in second place and becoming the main opposition party. In the 2004 Czech regional elections, the party won three seats running by itself in the Karlovy Vary Region, two in coalition with STAN in the Zlín Region, and one on a joint list with SNK in the Central Bohemian Region. In Senate elections the same year, they won one seat out of 27, in the Karlovy Vary district. Kasl remained the party's chairman until the party merged with SNK Association of Independents in 2006.
SNK Association of Independents
The Association of Independent Candidates (Czech: Sdružení nezávislých kandidátů) was registered as a 'movement' (hnutí) by the Czech Ministry of the Interior in August 2000. It was established as a formal electoral body of independent mayors for the regional council elections, as independent candidates and their associations were not legally permitted to participate in the elections.
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