Young Civic Democrats

Young Civic Democrats
Mladí občanští demokraté
Founded2016
HeadquartersPrague
Membership2,000[1]
IdeologyLiberal conservatism
Economic liberalism
Euroscepticism
Mother partyCivic Democratic Party
Websitehttp://mladi.ods.cz/

Young Civic Democrats (Czech: Mladí občanští demokraté, MOD) is a political platform within the Civic Democratic Party.[2] It consists of young people. It is considered a competitor to the Young Conservatives.[3] It had 2,000 members in January 2018 making it the largest youth wing in the Czech Republic. Its members are also members of the Civic Democratic Party.[1]

History

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The platform was founded on 9 December 2016.[4] The platform became a competition to the Young Conservatives (MK). Members of MOD started to compete with MK and defined against it.[5] MOD participated on campaign for the 2017 legislative election. The platform aimed to support individual candidates of ODS and was very active on social media.[6]

Young Civic Democrats supported Jiří Drahoš during 2018 presidential election.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "90' ČT24: Mladí politici přicházejí". ceskatelevize.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  2. ^ "90' ČT24: Mladí politici přicházejí". ceskatelevize.cz (in Czech). Česká televize. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "My mladí jsme volili Jiřího Drahoše. Vrátil by solidaritu, reprezentaci a slušnost, sdělila mládežnice ODS". parlamentnilisty.cz. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  4. ^ "ODS - Občanská demokratická strana". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Zpráva předsedy Mladých konzervativců za funkční období 2016 – 2017". konzervativci.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Co říkají spolky mladých politiků na výsledky voleb?". Vice.com (in Czech). 8 November 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
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